Front row vowel vowel

MFA : Vowels
Top	• i y ; • ɨ ʉ ; • ɯ u ; • ɪ ʏ ; • ɪ̈ ʊ̈ ; • ɯ̽ ʊ ; • e ø ; • ɘ ɵ ; • ɤ o ; • e̞ ø̞ ; • ə ɵ̞ ; • ɤ̞ o̞ ; • ɛ œ ; • ɜ ɞ ; • ʌ ɔ ; • æ ; • ɐ ɞ̞ ; • a ɶ ; • ä ɒ̈ ; • ɑ ɒ ;
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	Vowel pairs: unbroken • unbroken

The rounded (rounded) vowel of the front row of the upper lift is the vowel used in speech in some languages .

Examples

Language		Word	MFA	Value	Notes
Albanian		d y	[dy]	'two'
Azerbaijani		g ü llə	[ɟylˈlæ]	'bullet'
Kazakh		ү th і rme	[yjyrme]	'circle'
Kyrgyz		ү th	[yj]	'house'
Chinese	Cantonese	書 / s yu 1	[syː˥]	'book'
Chinese	north chinese	绿 / l ǜ	[ly˥˩]	'green'	See Putonghua
Chechen		u w / ü ş	[yʃ]	'they'
Danish		y de	[ˈYːðə]	'in reserve'
Dutch ^[1]		f uu t	[fyˑt]	'toadstool'
English	scottish english	f ew	[fjyː]	'Little'	In some dialects. Corresponds to / u / or / ʉ / in other dialects. See the article English phonology
Estonian		ü ks	[yks]	'one'
Finnish		y ksi	[ˈYksi]	'one'
french ^[2]		ch u te	[ʃyt]	'the fall'	See the article French Phonology
Deutsch		Bl ü te	[ˈBlyːtə]	'blossom'
Hungarian ^[3]		t ű	[tyː]	'pin'
Korean		위 wi	[y]	'top'	It can be replaced by diphthong [wi] in the speech of young
Lombard		d ü	[dy]	'two'
Occitan	gascon	l u a	[ˈLyo]	'moon'
	Languedoc	l u na	[ˈLyno]
	Provencal	l u na	[ˈLyno]
Turkish		g ü neş	[ɟyˈneʃ]	'the sun'

Fougeron, Cecile & Caroline L Smith (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA: French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 23 (2): 73-76
Gussenhoven, Carlos (1992), "Dutch" Journal of the International Phonetic Association 22 (2): 45-47
Szende, Tamás (1994), "Illustrations of the IPA: Hungarian", Journal of the International Phonetic Alphabet 24 (2): 91-94

	Front	Unstressed front	Medium	Unstressed back	Rear
Top	• i y • ɨ ʉ • ɯ u • ɪ ʏ • ɪ̈ ʊ̈ • ɯ̽ ʊ • e ø • ɘ ɵ • ɤ o • e̞ ø̞ • ə ɵ̞ • ɤ̞ o̞ • ɛ œ • ɜ ɞ • ʌ ɔ • æ • ɐ ɞ̞ • a ɶ • ä ɒ̈ • ɑ ɒ
Loose tops
Mid-upper
Medium
Mid-lower
Loose bottom
Lower
Vowel pairs: unbroken • unbroken