Close central unrounded vowel
| Close central unrounded vowel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɨ | |||
| ï | |||
| ɯ̈ | |||
| IPA Number | 317 | ||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɨ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0268 | ||
| X-SAMPA | 1 | ||
| Braille |   | ||
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The close central unrounded vowel, or high central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɨ, namely the lower-case letter i with a horizontal bar. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as barred i. In American tradition this symbol (and the name "barred i") denote a slightly different sound, that of the second syllable of roses when distinct from Rosa's;[1] see also near-close central unrounded vowel.
Occasionally, this vowel is transcribed ⟨ï⟩ (centralized ⟨i⟩) or ⟨ɯ̈⟩ (centralized ⟨ɯ⟩).[2]
The close central unrounded vowel is the vocalic equivalent of the rare post-palatal approximant [j̈].[3]
Features
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- Its vowel height is close, also known as high, which means the tongue is positioned close to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
- It is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
Occurrence
/ɨ/ is uncommon as a phoneme in Indo-European languages, occurring most commonly as an allophone in some Slavic languages. However, it is very common as a separate phoneme in the indigenous languages of the Americas and is often in phonemic contrast with other close vowels such as /i/ and /u/ both in modern living languages as well as reconstructed proto-languages (such as Proto-Uto-Aztecan). Campbell, Kaufman & Smith-Stark (1986) identify the presence of this vowel phoneme as an areal feature of a Mesoamerican Sprachbund (although that is not a defining feature of the entire area).
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acehnese | [tupeue] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [tupɨə] | 'to know' | Asyik[4] and Al-Ahmadi Al-Harbi[5] describe this sound as such while Durie[6] describes it as closer to [ɯ] | |
| Angor | [hüfᵻ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [xɨβə] | 'hot' | ||
| Czech | Some dialects | [byl] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [bɨɫ] | 'he was' | Found in some eastern Moravian, Lach and Silesian dialects. See Czech phonology |
| Chinese | Mandarin | 日 rì | 'day' | See Mandarin phonology | |
| English | Southeastern English[7] | [rude] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɹɨːd] | 'rude' | May be rounded [ʉː], or a diphthong [ʊʉ̯~əʉ̯] instead. |
| Guaraní | [[[Guaraní alphabet|yvy]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɨʋɨ] | 'earth' | ||
| Hausa[8] | [example needed] | Allophone of /i/.[8] | |||
| Irish | Munster[9] | caora | [kɨ̟ːɾˠə] | 'sheep' | Somewhat fronted;[9] allophone of /i/ between broad consonants.[9] See Irish phonology |
| Kaingang | [fy] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɸɨ] | 'seed' | ||
| Kashinawa | [example needed] | ||||
| Kashmiri[10] | teer | [ˈt̪ɨːr] | 'cold' | ||
| Latgalian[11] | [dyžan] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈd̪ɨʒän̪] | 'very much' | See Latgalian phonology | |
| Mongolian[12] | хүчир | [xutʃʰɨɾɘ̆] | 'difficult' | ||
| Muisca | Hycha[13] | [hycha] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [hɨʂa] | 'I' | |
| Romanian | [[[Romanian alphabet|înot]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɨˈn̪o̞t̪] | 'I swim' | See Romanian phonology | |
| Russian[14] | ты | 'you' (singular) | Occurs only after unpalatalized consonants. See Russian phonology | ||
| Sahaptin[15] | [kʼsɨt] | 'cold' | Epenthetic. No lengthened equivalent | ||
| Sama | Sibutu[16] | [pɨˈnɨt̪] | 'beard' | ||
| Sema[17] | [sü] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ʃɨ̀] | 'to hurt' | Also described as near-close [ɨ̞].[18] | |
| Shipibo[19] | [tenaitianronki] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈt̪ɨnɐi̞ti̞ɐ̃ɽõ̞ɣi̞] | [translation needed] | Possible realization of /ɯ/ after coronal consonants.[19] | |
| Sirionó[20] | [eˈsɨ] | 'dry wood' | |||
| Swedish | [bi] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [bɨː] | 'bee' | Found in dialects in Närke and Bohuslän and in sociolects in Stockholm and Gothenburg. See Swedish phonology | |
| Tamil[21] | ஆனால் | [äːnäːlɨ] | 'but' | Epenthetic vowel inserted in colloquial speech after word-final liquids; can be rounded [ʉ] instead.[21] See Tamil phonology | |
| Tera[22] | [zu] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [zɨ] | 'said' | ||
| Udmurt[23] | ургетэ, ыргетэ[24] | [ɨrgete] | 'it growls' | ||
| Uzbek | [qiz] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [qɨz] | 'girl' | Allophone of /i/. | |
| Vietnamese | trưa | [ʈɨə˧] | 'noon' | See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Võro | sysar | [sɨsarʲ] | 'sister' | ||
| Welsh | Northern dialects[25] | [llun] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɬɨːn] | 'picture' | See Welsh phonology |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[26] | nɨ | [nɨ] | 'be sour' | |
The sound of Polish ⟨y⟩ is often represented as /ɨ/, but actually it is a close-mid advanced central unrounded vowel, more narrowly transcribed [ɘ̟].[27] Similarly, European Portuguese unstressed ⟨e⟩, often represented as /ɨ/, is actually a near-close near-back unrounded vowel,[28] more narrowly transcribed using ad hoc symbols such as [ɯ̽] (mid-centralized), [ɯ̟] (fronted) and [ʊ̜] (less rounded i.e. unrounded).
See also
References
- ^ Flemming, E., Johnson, S. (2007), "Rosa’s roses: reduced vowels in American English", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 37/1, pp. 83–96.
- ^ See e.g. Gimson (2014:133), who transcribes the unrounded central realization of the English GOOSE vowel /uː/ with the symbol [ɯ̈ː].
- ^ Instead of "post-palatal", it can be called "retracted palatal", "backed palatal", "palato-velar", "pre-velar", "advanced velar", "fronted velar" or "front-velar".
- ^ Asyik, Abdul Gani (1982), "The agreement system in Acehnese" (PDF), Mon-Khmer Studies, 11: 1–33, archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2013, retrieved 9 November 2012
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Al-Ahmadi Al-Harbi, Awwad Ahmad (2003), "Acehnese coda condition: An optimality-theoretic account", Umm Al-Qura University Journal of Educational and Social Sciences and Humanities, 15: 9–21
- ^ Mid-vowels in Acehnese
- ^ Lodge (2009:174)
- ^ a b Schuh & Yalwa (1999:90)
- ^ a b c Ó Sé (2000)
- ^ "Koshur: Spoken Kashmiri: A Language Course: Transcription". Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Nau (2011:9–10)
- ^ Iivonen & Harnud (2005:62, 66–67)
- ^ González de Perez (2005:50)
- ^ Jones & Ward (1969:33)
- ^ Hargus & Beavert (2002)
- ^ Allison (1979:198)
- ^ Teo (2014:28)
- ^ Teo (2012:368)
- ^ a b Valenzuela, Márquez Pinedo & Maddieson (2001:283)
- ^ Firestone (1965:?)
- ^ a b Keane (2004), p. 114.
- ^ Tench (2007:230)
- ^ Iivonen & Harnud (2005:64, 68)
- ^ ургетыны (in Russian)
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Ball (1984:?)
- ^ Merrill (2008:109)
- ^ Jassem (2003:105)
- ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
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