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In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /ʌ/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /ʌ/?
/ʌ/ is a short vowel between /o/ and /ɑ/. It is the unrounded form of /ɔ/.
How to Produce /ʌ/?
To produce it, as you see in the picture, the mouth must be open a little bit and the lips must be unrounded. As you can see in the picture, the mouth is more open than the /ɑ/ sound and less rounded than when producing the /o/ sound.
/ʌ/ Around the World
As you can see in the table below, most of the common languages around the world do not have this sound. Do not worry if the sound does not exist in your language, with a little practice you will be able to produce it.
Existence | Example | |
|---|---|---|
Mandarin | x | - |
Spanish | x | - |
Hindi | x | - |
Bengali | x | - |
Portuguese | x | - |
Russian | x | - |
Japanese | x | - |
Vietnamese | x | - |
Turkish | x | - |
French | x | - |
German | x | - |
Italian | x | - |
Persian | x | - |
Standard Arabic | x | - |
Korean | ✔ | 거울 |
Indonesian | x | - |
Filipino | x | - |
Hungarian | x | - |
Dutch | ✔ | jou |
Polish | x | - |
Romanian | x | - |
Swedish | x | - |
Czech | x | - |
Greek | x | - |
Ukrainian | x | - |
Urdu | x | - |
Listening
Let's listen to the pronunciation of the /ʌ/ sound which has been mentioned below:
Down below, there are two other sounds similar to the /ʌ/ sound. At first, listen to the /ɑ/ sound and then listen to the /o/ sound:
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