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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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