Almost open central vowel
| IPA mark | ɐ |
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| IPA number | 324 |
| IPA character description | diagonally mirrored Latin minuscule a |
| Unicode | U + 0250 |
| HTML (dec.) | & # 592; |
| X-SAMPA |
6
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| Kirshenbaum |
&"
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[ ʔɐː ]
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An almost open central vowel is a vowel that occurs in different languages. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses the symbol ɐ for this sound. In technical jargon, this vowel is also referred to as Tiefschwa , a-Schwa or Lehrer-Schwa .
Examples
Phonetic and orthographic realization of almost open central vowels in different languages:
- Bulgarian : ъ : въздух [ 'vɐzdux ]' air '
- German : d er [deːɐ̯] , Tie r [tʰiːɐ̯] , Kind er ['kʰɪndɐ]
- Russian : unstressed о : чел о век [ t͡ɕɪlɐˈvʲek ] 'human'; М о сква [ mɐsˈkva ] ' Moscow '
- Portuguese : unstressed a in final: lu a [ ˈluɐ ] ‚moon '
Use in German
In German, the Tiefschwa appears especially in reducing syllables .
There is no special character for this vowel, also known as the 'vocalized R'. Often, however, a word that ends with an unstressed syllable -er is pronounced with an almost open central vowel . Examples: knife, bitter.
There are several minimal pairs on which the difference between the Tiefschwa and an ordinary [a] can be demonstrated, e.g. B. Leather / Leda , clearer / Klara , Aster / Asta , Meter / Meta .
See also
- ↑ Hans Altmann, Ute Ziegenhain: Phonetics, Phonology and Graphemics for the exam . 2nd edition, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007, p. 60 ("[...] with the suffix -er (" Lehrer-Schwa ") [...]")