Rounded closed front tongue vowel
IPA mark | y |
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IPA number | 309 |
IPA character description | Latin minuscule y |
Unicode | U + 0079 (y) |
HTML (dec.) | & # 121; |
X-SAMPA |
y
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Kirshenbaum |
y
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ʔyː ]
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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vowel is a vowel with the articulation of the tongue in the front area of the oral cavity - that is, it has not been withdrawn - the mouth is fairly closed and the lips are rounded, that is, tense.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
- French [ y ] : U, u
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Turkish [ y ] : ü
- Example: g ü neş [gyˈneʃ]