Close back unrounded vowel

Close back unrounded vowel
ɯ
IPA number316
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Entity (decimal)ɯ
Unicode (hex)U+026F
X-SAMPAM
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The close back unrounded vowel, or high 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 ɯ. Typographically, it is a turned letter m.

The close back unrounded vowel can in many cases be considered the vocalic equivalent of the voiced velar approximant [ɰ].