Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acehnese | eu | 'see' | Durie describes this sound as such while Asyik and Al-Ahmadi Al-Harbi describe it as closer to | ||
| Alekano | hanuva | 'nothing' | |||
| Azeri | qırx | 'forty' | |||
| Bashkir | ҡыҙ | 'girl' | |||
| Chinese | Min Nan | 豬 | 'pig' | ||
| Wu | 父 | 'father' | |||
| Xiang | 火 | 'fire' | |||
| Crimean Tatar | canım | 'please' | |||
| Irish | Ulster | caol | 'narrow' | See Irish phonology | |
| Korean | 음식 eumsik | 'food' | See Korean phonology | ||
| Kyrgyz | кыз | 'girl' | |||
| Ongota | 'dry' | ||||
| Portuguese | European | pegar | 'to take' | Unstressed vowel, most often actually near-close. More commonly transcribed as /ɨ/. See Portuguese phonology | |
| Sakha | тыл | 'tongue' | |||
| Scottish Gaelic | caol | 'thin' | See Scottish Gaelic phonology | ||
| Sundanese | meunang | 'get' | |||
| Thai | ขึ้น | 'to go up' | |||
| Turkish | ılık | 'warm' | See Turkish phonology | ||
| Turkmen | ýaşyl | 'green' | |||
| Vietnamese | tư | 'fourth' | See Vietnamese phonology | ||
The symbol ⟨ɯ⟩ is sometimes used for Japanese /u/, but that sound is rounded, albeit with labial compression rather than protrusion. It is more accurately described as an exolabial close back vowel.
Read more about this topic: Close Back Unrounded Vowel
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