Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The close front rounded vowel, or high front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is 〈y〉, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is y. Across many languages, it is most commonly represented orthographically as 〈ü〉 (in German and Turkish) or 〈y〉, but also as 〈u〉 (in French and a few other Romance languages); 〈iu〉/〈yu〉 (in the romanization of various Asian languages); 〈ű〉 (in Hungarian for the long duration version; the short version is the 〈ü〉 found in other European alphabets); or 〈уь〉 (in Cyrillic-based writing systems such as that for Chechen)The IPA prefers terms "close" and "open" for vowels, and the name of the article follows this. However, a large number of linguists, perhaps a majority, prefer the terms "high" and "low".In most languages, this rounded vowel is pronounced with compressed lips ('exolabial'). However, in a few cases the lips are protruded ('endolabial').. }
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- Close_front_rounded_vowel abstract "The close front rounded vowel, or high front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is 〈y〉, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is y. Across many languages, it is most commonly represented orthographically as 〈ü〉 (in German and Turkish) or 〈y〉, but also as 〈u〉 (in French and a few other Romance languages); 〈iu〉/〈yu〉 (in the romanization of various Asian languages); 〈ű〉 (in Hungarian for the long duration version; the short version is the 〈ü〉 found in other European alphabets); or 〈уь〉 (in Cyrillic-based writing systems such as that for Chechen)The IPA prefers terms "close" and "open" for vowels, and the name of the article follows this. However, a large number of linguists, perhaps a majority, prefer the terms "high" and "low".In most languages, this rounded vowel is pronounced with compressed lips ('exolabial'). However, in a few cases the lips are protruded ('endolabial').".