The
close-mid back protruded vowel is the most common variant of the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is typically transcribed in IPA simply as , and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated
diacritic for protrusion in the IPA, the symbol for the close-mid back rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization, , can be used as an
ad hoc symbol for the close-mid back protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is or (a close-mid back vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong. In English, the symbol is typically associated with the vowel in the "goat", but in
Received Pronunciation and
General American, that vowel is a
diphthong whose starting point may be unrounded and more centered than . In Received Pronunciation, the closest vowel to cardinal is the vowel found in words such as
caught,
horse and
hoarse. This is transcribed with by most sources, though the actual realization is closer to . For the
close-mid near-back protruded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol , see
near-close back protruded vowel. If the usual symbol is , the vowel is listed here.
Features of
Occurrence Because back rounded vowels are assumed to have protrusion, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have compression. }). See
Swedish phonology ==Close-mid back compressed vowel==