Open back unrounded vowel

Open back unrounded vowel
ɑ
IPA number	305
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Unicode (hex)	U+0251
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IPA: Vowels
Front Central Back Close i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u Near-close ɪ ʏ ʊ Close-mid e ø ɘ ɵ ɤ o Mid e̞ ø̞ ə ɤ̞ o̞ Open-mid ɛ œ ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ Near-open æ ɐ Open a ɶ ä ɑ ɒ
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The open back unrounded vowel, or low back unrounded vowel,^[1] is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɑ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is A. The letter ⟨ɑ⟩ is called script a because it lacks the extra hook on top of a printed letter a, which corresponds to a different vowel, the open front unrounded vowel. Script a, which has a full length linear stroke on its right, should not be confused with turned script a, ɒ, which has the linear stroke on its left and corresponds to a rounded version of this vowel, the open back rounded vowel.

In some languages (such as Azerbaijani, Estonian, Luxembourgish and Toda)^[2][3][4][5] there is the near-open back unrounded vowel (a sound between cardinal [ɑ] and [ʌ]), which can be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɑ̝⟩ or ⟨ʌ̞⟩.

Features

• Its vowel height is open, also known as low, which means the tongue is positioned far from the roof of the mouth – that is, low in the mouth.
• Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned back in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. Unrounded back vowels tend to be centralized, which means that often they are in fact near-back.
• It is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Afrikaans	Standard[6]	daar	[dɑːr]	'there'	The quality varies between open near-back unrounded [ɑ̟ː], open back unrounded [ɑː] and even open back rounded [ɒː].[6] See Afrikaans phonology
Äiwoo		kânongä	[kɑnoŋæ]	'I want'
Arabic	Standard[7]	طويل / ṭawīl	[tˤɑˈwiːl]	'tall'	Allophone of long and short /a/ near emphatic consonants, depending on the speaker's accent. See Arabic phonology
	Essaouira[8]	قال / qāl	[qɑːl]	'he said'	One of the possible realisations of /ā/.[8]
Armenian	Eastern[7]	հաց / hacʿ	[hɑt͡sʰ]	'bread'
Azerbaijani[2]		qardaş	[ɡɑ̝ɾˈd̪ɑ̝ʃ]	'brother'	Near-open.[2]
Bashkir		ҡаҙ / qađ	[qɑð]^ⓘ	'goose'
Catalan	Many dialects[9]	pal	[ˈpɑɫ]	'stick'	Allophone of /a/ in contact with velar consonants.[9] See Catalan phonology
	Some dialects[10][11]	mà	[ˈmɑ]	'hand'	More central ([ɑ̟], [ä]) in other dialects; fully front [a] in Majorcan Catalan.[11]
	Some Valencian and Majorcan speakers[9]	lloc	[ˈʎ̟ɑk]	'place'	Unrounded allophone of /ɔ/ in some accents.[9] Can be centralized.
	Some southern Valencian speakers[12]	bou	[ˈbɑw]	'bull'	Pronunciation of the vowel /ɔ/ before [w].[12] Can be centralized.
Chinese	Mandarin[13]	棒 / bàng	[pɑŋ˥˩]^ⓘ	'stick'	Allophone of /a/ before /ŋ/.[13] See Standard Chinese phonology
Dutch	Standard[14][15]	bad	[bɑt]	'bath'	Backness varies among dialects; in the Standard Northern accent it is fully back.[16][14] In the Standard Belgian accent it is raised and fronted to [ɑ̝̈].[15] See Dutch phonology
	Leiden[16]		[bɑ̝t]		Near-open fully back; can be rounded [ɒ̝] instead.[16] See Dutch phonology
	Rotterdam[16]
	Amsterdam[17]	aap	[ɑːp]	'monkey'	Corresponds to [aː ~ äː] in standard Dutch.
	Antwerp[18]
	Utrecht[18]
	The Hague[19]	nauw	[nɑː]	'narrow'	Corresponds to [ʌu] in standard Dutch.
English	Cardiff[20]	hot	[hɑ̝̈t]	'hot'	Somewhat raised and fronted.[20][21]
	Norfolk[21]
	General American[22]		[hɑt]		May be more front [ɑ̟ ~ ä], especially in accents without the cot-caught merger.^[clarification needed] See English phonology
	Cockney[23]	palm	[pɑːm]	'palm'	Fully back. It can be more front [ɑ̟ː] instead.
	General South African[24]				Fully back. Broad varieties usually produce a rounded vowel [ɒː ~ ɔː] instead, while Cultivated SAE prefers a more front vowel [ɑ̟ː ~ äː]. See South African English phonology
	Cultivated South African[25]		[pɑ̟ːm]		Typically more front than cardinal [ɑ]. It may be as front as [äː] in some Cultivated South African and southern English speakers. See English phonology and South African English phonology
	Received Pronunciation[26]
	Non-local Dublin[27]	back	[bɑq]	'back'	Allophone of /a/ before velars for some speakers.[27]
Estonian[3]		vale	[ˈvɑ̝le̞ˑ]	'lie'	Near-open.[3] See Estonian phonology
Faroese	Some dialects[28]	vátur	[ˈvɑːtʊɹ]	'wet'	Corresponds to /ɔɑ/ in standard language.[28] See Faroese phonology
Finnish[29]		kana	[ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝]	'hen'	Near-open,[29] also described as open central [ä].[30] See Finnish phonology
French	Conservative Parisian[31][32]	pas	[pɑ]	'not'	Contrasts with /a/, but many speakers have only one open vowel [ä].[33] See French phonology
	Quebec[34]	pâte	[pɑːt]^ⓘ	'paste'	Contrasts with /a/.[34] See Quebec French phonology
Galician[35][36]		irmán	[iɾˈmɑŋ]	'brother'	Allophone of /a/ in contact with velar consonants.[35][36] See Galician phonology
Georgian[37]		გუდა / guda	[k̬ud̪ɑ]	'leather bag'	Usually not fully back [ɑ], typically [ɑ̟] to [ä].[38] Sometimes transcribed as /a/.
German	Standard[39]	Gourmand	[ɡ̊ʊʁˈmɑ̃ː]	'gourmand'	Nasalized; often realized as rounded [ɒ̃ː].[40] See Standard German phonology
	Many speakers[41]	nah	[nɑː]	'near'	Used by speakers in Northern Germany, East Central Germany, Franconia and Switzerland.[41] Also a part of the Standard Austrian accent.[42] More front in other accents. See Standard German phonology
Greek	Sfakian[43]	μπύρα / býra	[ˈbirɑ]	"beer"	Corresponds to central [ä ~ ɐ] in Modern Standard Greek.[44][45] See Modern Greek phonology
Hungarian	Some dialects[46]	magyar	[ˈmɑɟɑr]	'Hungarian'	Weakly rounded [ɒ] in standard Hungarian.[47] See Hungarian phonology
Inuit	West Greenlandic[48]	oqarpoq	[ɔˈqɑpːɔq̚]	'he says'	Allophone of /a/ before and especially between uvulars.[48] See Inuit phonology
Italian	Some Piedmont dialects	casa	[ˈkɑːzɑ]	'house'	Allophone of /a/ which in Italian is largely realised as central [ä].
Kazakh		alma	[ɑ̝ɫ̪ˈmɑ̝]	'apple'	Can be realised as near-open.
Kaingang[49]		ga	[ᵑɡɑ]	'land, soil'	Varies between back [ɑ] and central [ɐ].[50]
Khmer		ស្ករ / skâr	[skɑː]	'sugar'	See Khmer phonology
Limburgish[51][52][53]		bats	[bɑ̽ts]	'buttock'	The quality varies between open back [ɑ],[51] open near-back [ɑ̟][52] and near-open near-back [ɑ̽][53] (illustrated in the example word, which is from the Maastrichtian dialect), depending on the dialect.
Low German[54]		al / aal	[ɑːl]	'all'	Backness may vary among dialects.[54]
Luxembourgish[4]		Kapp	[kʰɑ̝p]	'head'	Near-open fully back.[4] See Luxembourgish phonology
Malay	Kedah[55]	mata	[ma.tɑ]	'eye'	See Malay phonology
	Kelantan-Pattani				Allophone of syllable-final /a/ in open-ended words and before /k/ and /h/ codas. See Kelantan-Pattani Malay
	Standard	qari	[qɑ.ri]	'qari'	Found only in certain Arabic loanwords and used by speakers who know Arabic. Normally replaced by [ä]. See Malay phonology
Norwegian[56][57]		hat	[hɑːt]	'hate'	The example word is from Urban East Norwegian. Central [äː] in some other dialects.[56][57][58] See Norwegian phonology
Portuguese	Some Azorean dialects	semana	[sɨ'mɑnɐ]	'week'	See Portuguese phonology
	Paulista[59]	vegetal	[veʒe'tɑʊ]	'vegetable'	Only immediately before [ʊ].[59]
Russian[60]		палка / palka	[ˈpɑɫkə]	'stick'	Occurs only before the hard /l/, but not when a palatalized consonant precedes. See Russian phonology
Scottish Gaelic	Lewis[61]	balach	[ˈpɑl̪ˠəx]	'boy'	Allophone of [a] in proximity to broad sonorants.
Sema[62]		amqa	[à̠mqɑ̀]	'lower back'	Possible realization of /a/ after uvular stops.[62]
Swedish	Some dialects	jag	[jɑːɡ]	'I'	Weakly rounded [ɒ̜ː] in Central Standard Swedish.[63] See Swedish phonology
Toda[5]		ஆந	[ɑ̝ːn]	'elephant'	Near-open.[5]
Turkish[64]		at	[ɑt̪]	'horse'	Also described as central [ä].[65] See Turkish phonology
Ukrainian[66]		мати / maty	[ˈmɑtɪ]	'mother'	See Ukrainian phonology
Vietnamese	Some dialects in North Central and Central	gà	[ɣɑ˨˩]	'chicken'	See Vietnamese phonology[67][68]
West Frisian	Standard[69]	lang	[ɫɑŋ]	'long'	Also described as central [ä].[70] See West Frisian phonology
	Aastersk[71]	maat	[mɑːt]	'mate'	Contrasts with a front /aː/.[71] See West Frisian phonology

See also

• Index of phonetics articles
• Latin alpha

Notes

1. While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".
2. Mokari & Werner (2016), p. 509.
3. Asu & Teras (2009), p. 368.
4. Gilles & Trouvain (2013), p. 70.
5. Shalev, Ladefoged & Bhaskararao (1993), p. 92.
6. Wissing (2016), section "The unrounded low-central vowel /a/".
7. Thelwall & Sa'Adeddin (1990), p. 39.
8. Francisco (2019), p. 74.
9. Saborit (2009), p. 10.
10. Rafel (1999), p. 14.
11. Recasens (1996), pp. 90–92.
12. Recasens (1996), pp. 131–132.
13. Mou (2006), p. 65.
14. Gussenhoven (1992), p. 47.
15. Verhoeven (2005), p. 245.
16. Collins & Mees (2003), p. 131.
17. Collins & Mees (2003), pp. 78, 104, 133.
18. Collins & Mees (2003), pp. 104, 133.
19. Collins & Mees (2003), p. 136.
20. Collins & Mees (1990), p. 95.
21. Lodge (2009), p. 168.
22. Mannell, Cox & Harrington (2009).
23. Wells (1982), p. 305.
24. Lass (2002), p. 117.
25. Lass (2002), p. 116-117.
26. Roach (2004), p. 242.
27. "Glossary". Retrieved 10 February 2015.
28. Árnason (2011), pp. 69, 79.
29. Suomi, Toivanen & Ylitalo (2008), p. 21.
30. Maddieson (1984), cited in Suomi, Toivanen & Ylitalo (2008:21)
31. Ashby (2011), p. 100.
32. Collins & Mees (2013), pp. 225–227.
33. Collins & Mees (2013), pp. 226–227.
34. Walker (1984), p. 53.
35. Regueira (1996), p. 122.
36. Freixeiro Mato (2006), pp. 72–73.
37. Shosted & Chikovani (2006), pp. 261–262.
38. Aronson, Howard (1990), Georgian: A Reading Grammar (2nd ed.), Columbus, OH: Slavica
39. Dudenredaktion, Kleiner & Knöbl (2015), pp. 34, 38.
40. Dudenredaktion, Kleiner & Knöbl (2015), p. 38.
41. Dudenredaktion, Kleiner & Knöbl (2015), p. 64.
42. Moosmüller, Schmid & Brandstätter (2015), pp. 342–344.
43. Trudgill (2009), pp. 83–84.
44. Trudgill (2009), p. 81.
45. Arvaniti (2007), pp. 25, 28.
46. Vago (1980), p. 1.
47. Szende (1994), p. 92.
48. Fortescue (1990), p. 317.
49. Jolkesky (2009), pp. 676–677, 682.
50. Jolkesky (2009), pp. 676, 682.
51. Peters (2006), p. 119.
52. Heijmans & Gussenhoven (1998), p. 110.
53. Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999), p. 159.
54. Prehn (2012), p. 157.
55. Zaharani Ahmad (1991).
56. Kristoffersen (2000), pp. 16–17.
57. Kvifte & Gude-Husken (2005), p. 4.
58. Vanvik (1979), pp. 16–17.
59. Galastri (2011), p. 21.
60. Jones & Ward (1969), p. 50.
61. Oftedal (1956), p. 53.
62. Teo (2014), p. 28.
63. Engstrand (1999), p. 141.
64. Göksel & Kerslake (2005), p. 10.
65. Zimmer & Orgun (1999), p. 155.
66. Danyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 4.
67. Phạm, Andrea Hòa (2014), "Ngôn ngữ biến đổi và số phận của nguyên âm /a/ trong giọng Quảng Nam (Issues in Language change and the phonemic status of /a/ in the Quang Nam dialect)" (PDF), Tạp Chí Ngôn Ngữ (Journal of Vietnamese Linguistics) (in Vietnamese), 6: 10–18
68. Phạm, Andrea Hòa (2016), "Sự biến âm trong vần tiếng Việt: thổ ngữ làng Hến, huyện Đức Thọ, tỉnh Hà Tĩnh [Sound change in Vietnamese rhymes: the dialect of Hến Village of Đức Thọ District, Hà Tĩnh Province]" (PDF), Tạp Chí Ngôn Ngữ Học (Journal of Vietnamese Linguistics) (in Vietnamese), 11: 7–28
69. de Haan (2010), p. 333.
70. Visser (1997), p. 14.
71. van der Veen (2001), p. 102.

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External links

• List of languages with [ɑ] on PHOIBLE