Round (definition)
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The term round refers to the position of the lips when certain vowels are produced (each cardinal vowel has a rounded and unrounded form). The lips are physically rounded when these types of sounds are produced.
- Round vowels in English are [ɔ,o,u,ʊ] and the diphthong [oʊ]
- Round vowels in Gaelic are [u,u:,ũ,ũ:,o,o:,ɔ,ɔ:,ɔ̃,ɔ̃:]
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References
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
