Occurrence
Most languages have some form of an unrounded open vowel. Because the IPA uses ⟨a⟩ for both front and central unrounded open vowels, it is not always clear whether a particular language uses the former or the latter.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | sac | 'sack' | See Catalan phonology | ||
| Czech | amerika | 'America' | See Czech phonology | ||
| Dutch | zaal | 'hall' | In some dialects, this may actually be a back vowel. See Dutch phonology | ||
| English | Australian | car | 'car' | See Australian English phonology | |
| Southern American | time | 'time' | See English phonology | ||
| Southern Michigan | cot | 'cot' | |||
| Some Speakers | path | 'path' | Remnants of the Trap-Bath split for some speakers, mainly across the border line of the Trap-Bath split, sometimes found in Yorkshire, Liverpool or Manchester. | ||
| French | patte | 'paw' | See French phonology. | ||
| German | Katze | 'cat' | See German phonology | ||
| Hebrew | פח | 'garbage can' | Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script, see Niqqud and Modern Hebrew phonology | ||
| Hungarian | láb | 'leg' | See Hungarian phonology | ||
| Igbo | ákụ | 'kernal' | |||
| Italian | bara | 'coffin' | See Italian phonology | ||
| Japanese | 蚊 ka | 'mosquito' | See Japanese phonology | ||
| Korean | 말 mal | 'horse' | See Korean phonology | ||
| Polish | kat | 'executioner' | See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | vá | 'go' | See Portuguese phonology | ||
| Romanian | cal | 'horse' | See Romanian phonology | ||
| Scottish Gaelic | slat | 'yard' | See Scottish Gaelic phonology | ||
| Serbo-Croatian | патка / patka | 'female duck' | See Serbo-Croatian phonology | ||
| Spanish | rata | 'rat' | See Spanish phonology | ||
| Swedish | bank | 'bank' | See Swedish phonology | ||
| Turkish | at | 'horse' | See Turkish phonology | ||
| West Frisian | laad | 'drawer' | |||
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