Close back unrounded vowel

Close back unrounded vowel
ɯ
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The close back unrounded vowel is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.

Near-close near-back unrounded vowel

Near-close near-back unrounded vowel
ɯ̽
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Some languages use the near-close near-back unrounded vowel which has a more centralized sound than a typical [ɯ]. The International Phonetic Alphabet has no official symbol for this sound, but it can be showed as [ɯ̽] (mid-centralized ⟨ɯ⟩) or [ɯ̞̈] (lowered and centralized ⟨ɯ⟩).