Rounded half-open central vowel
| IPA mark | ɞ |
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| IPA number | 395 |
| IPA character description | closed horizontally mirrored Latin minuscule epsilon |
| Unicode | U + 025E |
| HTML (dec.) | & # 606; |
| X-SAMPA |
3\
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| Kirshenbaum |
O"
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[ ʔɞː ]
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Phonetic and orthographic realization of the rounded half-open central vowel in different languages:
- Irish tomhail (consumed!) [ t ɞ ːʎ ]
Audio sample:
Description for German speakers: intermediate between the open ö [œ] in k ö can and the open o [ɔ] in k o might.