Occurrence
Note: Since front rounded vowels are assumed to have compression, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have protrusion.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Afrikaans | uur | 'hour' | |||
Albanian | dy | 'two' | |||
Azeri | güllə | 'bullet' | |||
Basque | Souletin | hirü | 'three' | ||
Breton | tud | 'people' | |||
Catalan | Northern | but | 'aim' | Found in Occitan and French loanwords. See Catalan phonology | |
Chinese | Cantonese | 書 syu1 | 'book' | See Cantonese phonology | |
Mandarin | 绿 lǜ | 'green' | See Mandarin phonology | ||
Wu | 软 gniu | 'soft' | |||
Chechen | уьш / üş | 'they' | |||
Chuvash | ÿс / üs | 'to grow' | |||
Cornish | tus | 'people' | Corresponds to /iː/ in "Late" dialect. | ||
Danish | yde | 'to supply' | See Danish phonology | ||
English | Scottish | food | 'food' | Some dialects. Corresponds to /u/ (or ) in other dialects. See English phonology | |
Estonian | üks | 'one' | |||
Finnish | yksi | 'one' | See Finnish phonology | ||
French | chute | 'fall' | See French phonology | ||
German | über | 'above' | See German phonology | ||
Hungarian | tű | 'pin' | Centralized. See Hungarian phonology | ||
Korean | 위 wi | 'top' | May be diphthongized to by younger speakers. See Korean phonology | ||
Lombard | düü | 'two' | |||
Mongolian | түймэр tüimer | 'prairie fire' | |||
North Frisian | hüüs | 'hoarse' | |||
Occitan | Gascon | lua | 'moon' | See Occitan phonology | |
Languedocien | luna | ||||
Provençal | |||||
Portuguese | Brazilian | déjà vu | 'déjà vu' | Found in French and German loanwords. Speakers with little contact with target language may instead use, if unstressed, or, if stressed. See Portuguese phonology | |
Scots | buit | 'boot' | |||
Turkish | güneş | 'sun' | Centralized. See Turkish phonology |
Dutch ⟨uu⟩ is often transcribed as /yː/, but actually it's a lowered and slightly fronted close central rounded vowel.
Read more about this topic: Close Front Rounded Vowel
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