Mid back unrounded vowel
| Mid back unrounded vowel | |
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| ɤ̞ | |
| ʌ̝ | |
| IPA number | 315 430 |
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| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | ɤ̞ |
| Unicode (hex) | U+0264 U+031E |
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
The mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid back unrounded vowel between close-mid [ɤ] and open-mid [ʌ]. Because no language is known to distinguish all three, ⟨ɤ⟩ is normally used. If more precision is desired, diacritics can be used, such as ⟨ɤ̞⟩ or ⟨ʌ̝⟩.