| Close central compressed vowel | |
|---|---|
| ʉ͍ | |
| ɨ͡β̞ | |
| ɨᵝ |
As there is no official diacritic for compression in the IPA, the spread-lip diacritic ⟨ ͍ ⟩ will be used here with the rounded vowel ⟨ʉ⟩ as an ad hoc symbol. Other possible transcriptions are ⟨ɨ͡β̞⟩ (simultaneous and labial compression) and ⟨ɨᵝ⟩ ( modified with labial compression).
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