Rounded closed front tongue vowel

IPA mark	y
IPA number	309
IPA character description	Latin minuscule y
Unicode	U + 0079 (y)
HTML (dec.)	& # 121;
X-SAMPA	y
Kirshenbaum	y
Audio sample ? / i [ ʔyː ]

The rounded, closed front tongue vowel is a vowel with the articulation of the tongue in the front area of ​​the oral cavity - that is, it has not been withdrawn - the mouth is fairly closed and the lips are rounded, that is, tense.

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the rounded closed front tongue vowel in different languages:

• German [ y, yː ]: Ü, ü; y sometimes
  • Examples: u ben [ yː.bən ], M ü he [ myː.ə ], Ph y sik [ fyziːk ]
• French [⁠ y ⁠] : U, u
  • Examples: u nique [ ynik ], s u jet [ syʒɛ ], br û ler [ bʀyle ]
• Turkish [⁠ y ⁠] : ü
  • Example: g ü neş [gyˈneʃ]

See also

• vocal
• Front tongue vowel
• Rounding (phonetics)