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In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /ɒ/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /ɒ/?
/ɒ/ is the rounded form of /ɑ/ and it is mainly used in the British dialect.
How to Produce /ɒ/?
To produce it, drop the jaw just a little and round the lips, unlike the unrounded /ɑ/ sound. Push your lips together and make a short, voiced sound. As you can see in the picture, the mouth is slightly more open than the /æ/ sound and less rounded than when producing the /ɔ/ sound.
/ɒ/ Around the World
As you can see in the table below, almost all of the common languages around the world do not have this sound. Therefore, you need a little practice 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 | ✔ | تا |
Standard Arabic | x | - |
Korean | ✔ | ᄌᆞ주 |
Indonesian | x | - |
Filipino | x | - |
Hungarian | ✔ | hat |
Dutch | x | - |
Polish | x | - |
Romanian | x | - |
Swedish | x | - |
Czech | x | - |
Greek | x | - |
Ukrainian | x | - |
Urdu | x | - |
Listening
Let's listen to the pronunciation of the /ɒ/ sound which has been mentioned below:
Down below, there are two other sounds similar to the /ɒ/ sound. At first, listen to the /æ/ sound and then listen to the /ɔ/ sound:
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