Close-mid back unrounded vowel

The close-mid back unrounded vowel, or high-mid back unrounded vowel,<ref>Template:Vowel terminology</ref> is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is Template:Angbr IPA, called "ram's horn." This symbol is distinct from the symbol for the voiced velar fricative, Template:Angbr IPA, which has a descender, but some texts<ref>Such as Template:Harvcoltxt and Template:Harvcoltxt.</ref> use this symbol for the voiced velar fricative.

Before the 1989 IPA Convention, the symbol for the close-mid back unrounded vowel was Template:Angbr, sometimes called "baby gamma", which has a flat top; this symbol was in turn derived from and replaced the inverted small capital A, Template:Angbr IPA, that represented the sound before the 1928 revision to the IPA.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The symbol was again revised to be Template:Angbr, "ram's horn", with a rounded top, in order to better differentiate it from the Latin gamma Template:IPAalink.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Unicode provides Template:Unichar, but in some fonts this character may appear as a "baby gamma" instead. The superscript IPA version is Template:Unichar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of Unicode Template:Unicode version, there exists a capital ram's horn at Template:Unichar Template:Angbr.

Features

File:Spectrogram of close-mid back unrounded vowel (IPA ɤ).png

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Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Aklanon		lang}}	main}}	'thanks'
Bashkir		lang}}/{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Template:Audio-IPA	'nine'
BiakTemplate:Sfn		lang}}	main}}	'stand'
Bulgarian		lang}}/{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'elderflower'
Chinese	Mandarin	lang}}/{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'hungry'
English	Cape FlatsTemplate:Sfnp	foot	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}	'foot'	main}}; may be Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp See South African English phonology
	South AfricanTemplate:Sfnp				main}}; may be a weakly rounded Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp See South African English phonology
	Geordie				main}}. See Geordie phonology
	Birmingham and The Black Country				main}} in most other dialects.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
EstonianTemplate:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'ear'	Can be close-mid central Template:IPAblink or close back Template:IPAblink instead, depending on the speaker.Template:Sfnp See Estonian phonology
GayoTemplate:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'tiger'	main}}.Template:Sfnp
IaaiTemplate:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'banana leaf'
Irish	Ulster<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	main}}	'Ulster'	See Irish phonology
KaingangTemplate:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'tail'	main}} and central Template:IPAblinkTemplate:Sfnp
Korean	Gyeongsang dialect	lang}}/{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'there'	See Korean phonology
Marathi		lang}}/{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'opinion'	See Marathi phonology
Northern Tiwa	Taos dialect	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'it was squeezed'	May be central Template:IPAblink instead. See Taos phonology
Samogitian		lang}}	main}}	'long'	May be central Template:IPAblink instead.
Scottish Gaelic		lang}}	main}}	'difficult'	See Scottish Gaelic phonology
Rusyn	Lemko variety	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}/{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}	'times'	Used only in place of etymological praslavic sound *y<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Prešov variety
	Subcarpathian variety
ThaiTemplate:Sfnp		lang}}/thoe	main}}	'you'
Yaqay		lang}}	main}}	'frog'	main}}.

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

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