The open-mid back rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is O. The IPA symbol is a turned letter c and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name open-o represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by ^*, the close-mid back rounded vowel, except it is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an o which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape.

Features

• Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
• Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
• Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.

Occurs in

• Catalan: cosa , 'thing'
• Dutch: dor , 'parched'
• Dutch: door , 'through'
• English: (RP) ball ; (AuE and NZE) hot
• French: sort , 'fate'
• German: voll , 'full'
• Greek: óταν , 'when'
• Italian: parola , 'word'
• Norwegian: låve , 'barn'
• Polish, Czech: oko , 'an eye'
• Portuguese: módulo , 'module'
• Swedish: åtta , 'eight'
• Vietnamese: to , 'large'

Vowels

Vocal semioberta posterior arrodonida | Gerundeter halboffener Hinterzungenvokal | Voyelle moyenne inférieure postérieure arrondie | 円唇後舌半広母音 | 후설 원순 중저모음