Close-mid back rounded vowel

Close-mid back rounded vowel
o
IPA Number307
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)o
Unicode (hex)U+006F
X-SAMPAo
Braille⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)

The close-mid back rounded vowel, or high-mid back rounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is o.

  1. ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".