Rounded centralized almost closed back vowel
| IPA mark | ʊ |
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| IPA number | 321 |
| IPA character description | Latin minuscule upsilon |
| Unicode | U + 028A |
| HTML (dec.) | & # 650; |
| X-SAMPA |
U
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| Kirshenbaum |
U
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[ ʔʊː ]
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Phonetic and orthographic realization of the rounded centralized almost closed back vowel in different languages:
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German : "short" u
- Examples: B u tter [ 'bʊtɐ ], U Advantage [ ' ʔʊɐ̯tail ]
Until 1989 the symbol ɷ was used for the same sound.