How to Pronounce the /ʌ/ Sound
Do you wanna know all the vowel and consonant sounds in the word 'blood? Well, I'm gonna teach you all there is about it.
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 /a/ sound and less rounded than when producing the /o/ sound.
/ʌ/ can be heard in these letters:
- o:
c
- oo:
bl
fl
- u:
m
- ou:
c
c