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Explore the /u/ sound, focusing on its articulation and usage in different contexts to enhance pronunciation and comprehension skills in English.
In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /u/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /u/?
/u/ is a long vowel as if you say the word 'who'.
How to Produce /u/?
Mouth Configuration for /u/
As you see, you must close your mouth, round your lips, and push them outwards to make an open circle.
Which Letters are Pronounced as /u/?
Tip!
As you have seen before in the examples, When two dots come after the sound as in /uː/, It indicates that it is pronounced as a long vowel sound, not as a short or weak sound.
/u/ Around the World
As you can see almost all the common languages in the world have this sound, so you would not find any problems producing it.
| Existence | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | ✔ | 土 (tǔ) |
| Spanish | ✔ | puso |
| Hindi | ✔ | ऊन |
| Bengali | ✔ | কুল |
| Portuguese | ✔ | rua |
| Russian | ✔ | пу́ля |
| Japanese | x | - |
| Vietnamese | ✔ | ru |
| Turkish | ✔ | ruh |
| French | ✔ | coup |
| German | ✔ | Universität |
| Italian | ✔ | usi |
| Persian | ✔ | رو |
| Standard Arabic | ✔ | كُتُب |
| Korean | ✔ | 우물 |
| Indonesian | ✔ | upah |
| Filipino | ✔ | putik |
| Hungarian | ✔ | ujj |
| Dutch | ✔ | hoed |
| Polish | ✔ | duży |
| Romanian | ✔ | uda |
| Swedish | ✔ | bot |
| Czech | ✔ | kup |
| Greek | ✔ | μου |
| Ukrainian | ✔ | дух |
| Urdu | ✔ | اُون |
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