Open front rounded vowel
The open front rounded vowel, or low front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound that has not been confirmed to be phonemic in any spoken language. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is, a small capital., the lowercase of the ligature, is used for the open-mid front [rounded vowel].
While the IPA chart lists it as a fully open vowel, the rounded equivalent of, characterizes it as near-open, the rounded equivalent of.
A phoneme generally transcribed by this symbol is reported from the Bavarian dialect of Amstetten. However, it is phonetically open-mid,.
It occurs allophonically in Weert Limburgish as well as in some speakers of Danish and Swedish. Certain transcriptions of Danish use to denote an open-mid front rounded vowel.
In Maastrichtian Limburgish, the vowel transcribed with in the dictionary is phonetically near-open central. It is a phonological open-mid front rounded vowel, the long counterpart of.
reports that in Stockholm Swedish is sometimes difficult to distinguish from, which is the main realization of the phoneme, a sign that both vowels are phonetically very close.