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The open-mid back unrounded 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 V. The IPA symbol is an inverted letter v and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as either a wedge, a carrot, or a hat.

    Open-mid back unrounded vowel
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Ipa-number	314
Ipa	314
Ipa-image	Xsampa-V.png
Xsampa	V
Kirshenbaum	V

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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 unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

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Occurs in

English: GA, eastern AmE, and Scottish nut (fronted)

Irish: ola , "oil"

Korean: beol , "punishment"

Russian: голова , "head" (fronted)

Vietnamese: tây , "west"

Before World War II, Received Pronunciation had as a phoneme; this sound has since shifted forward to . Despite this change, the symbol is still used (Roca & Johnson 135). This may be due to both tradition as well as the fact that other dialects retain the older pronunciation.

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Reference

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