Ашық артқы дөңгелек дауысы

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɑ⟩ in IPA

The open back unrounded vowel, or low back unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X SAMPA symbol is A. The letter is called script a because it lacks the extra hook on top of a printed letter a, which corresponds to a different vowel, the open front unrounded vowel. Script a, which has its linear stroke on the bottom right, should not be confused with turned script a, , which has its linear stroke on the top left and corresponds to a rounded version of this vowel, the open back rounded vowel. In some languages (such as Azerbaijani, Estonian, Luxembourgish and Toda) there is the near open back unrounded vowel (a sound between cardinal and ), which can be transcribed in IPA with or .

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Afrikaans Standard [[Afrikaans alphabet 'there' The quality varies between open near back unrounded , open back unrounded and even open back rounded See Afrikaans phonologyÄiwookânongä'I want' Arabic Standard [[Arabic alphabet / ṭawīl 'tall' Allophone of long and short near emphatic consonants, depending on the speaker's accent. See Arabic phonology Essaouira[[Arabic alphabet / qāl'he said'One of the possible realisations of Armenian Eastern [[Armenian alphabet / hacʿ 'bread' Azerbaijani [[Azerbaijani alphabet 'brother' Near open. Bashkir [[:wikt:ҡаҙ / qað 'goose' Catalan Many dialects [[Catalan alphabet 'stick' Allophone of in contact with velar consonants. See Catalan phonology Some dialects [[Catalan alphabet 'hand' More central (, ) in other dialects; fully front in Majorcan Catalan. Some Valencian and Majorcan speakers [[Catalan alphabet 'place' Unrounded allophone of in some accents. Can be centralized. Some southern Valencian speakers [[Catalan alphabet 'bull' Pronunciation of the vowel before Can be centralized. Chinese Mandarin [[Chinese characters / [[Pinyin 'stick' Allophone of before See Standard Chinese phonology Dutch Standard [[Dutch orthography 'bath' Backness varies among dialects; in the Standard Northern accent it is fully back. In the Standard Belgian accent it is raised and fronted to See Dutch phonology Leiden Near open fully back; can be rounded instead. See Dutch phonology Rotterdam Amsterdam [[Dutch orthography 'monkey' Corresponds to in standard Dutch. Antwerp Utrecht The Hague [[Dutch orthography 'narrow' Corresponds to in standard Dutch. English Cardiff hot 'hot' Somewhat raised and fronted. Norfolk General American May be more front [ ~ ], especially in accents without the cot caught merger. See English phonology Cockney palm 'palm' Fully back. It can be more front instead. General South African Fully back. Broad varieties usually produce a rounded vowel [ ~ ] instead, while Cultivated SAE prefers a more front vowel See South African English phonology CultivatedSouth African Typically more front than cardinal It may be as front as in some Cultivated South African and southern English speakers. See English phonology and South African English phonology Received Pronunciation Non local Dublin back 'back' Allophone of before velars for some speakers. See Finnish phonology French Conservative Parisian [[French orthography 'not' Contrasts with , but many speakers have only one open vowel See French phonology Quebec [[French orthography 'paste' Contrasts with See Quebec French phonology Galician irmán 'brother' Allophone of in contact with velar consonants. See Galician phonology Georgian [[Georgian alphabet / guda 'leather bag' Usually not fully back , typically to Sometimes transcribed as German Standard [[German alphabet 'gourmand' Nasalized; often realized as rounded See Standard German phonology Many speakers [[German alphabet 'near' Used by speakers in Northern Germany, East Central Germany, Franconia and Switzerland. Also a part of the Standard Austrian accent. More front in other accents. See Standard German phonology Greek Sfakian [[Greek orthography / býra "beer" Corresponds to central in Modern Standard Greek. See Modern Greek phonology Hungarian Some dialects [[Hungarian orthography 'Hungarian' Weakly rounded in standard Hungarian. See Hungarian phonology Inuit West Greenlandic oqarpoq 'he says' Allophone of before and especially between uvulars. See Inuit phonologyItalianSome Piedmont dialects[[Italian orthography[ˈkɑːzɑ]'house'Allophone of which in Italian is largely realised as central Kazakh alma 'apple' Can be realised as near open. Kaingang ga 'land, soil' Varies between back and central Khmer [[Khmer script / skâr 'sugar' See Khmer phonology Limburgish bats 'buttock' The quality varies between open back , open near back and near open near back (illustrated in the example word, which is from the Maastrichtian dialect), depending on the dialect. Low German al / aal 'all' Backness may vary among dialects. Luxembourgish Kapp 'head' Near open fully back. See Luxembourgish phonology Malay Kedah [[Malay alphabet 'eye' See Malay phonologyKelantan PattaniAllophone of syllable final /a/ in open ended words and before /k/ and /h/ codas. See Kelantan Pattani MalayStandardqari'qari'Found only in certain Arabic loanwords and used by speakers who know Arabic. Normally replaced by []. See Malay phonology Norwegian [[Norwegian alphabet 'hate' The example word is from Urban East Norwegian. Central in some other dialects. See Norwegian phonology Portuguese Some Azorean dialects [[Portuguese alphabet 'week' See Portuguese phonologyPaulista[[Portuguese alphabet'vegetable'Only immediately before Russian [[Russian orthography / palka 'stick' Occurs only before the hard , but not when a palatalized consonant precedes. See Russian phonology Sema amqa 'lower back' Possible realization of after uvular stops. Swedish Some dialects [[Swedish orthography 'I' Weakly rounded in Central Standard Swedish. See Swedish phonology Toda ஆந 'elephant' Near open. Turkish [[Turkish alphabet 'horse' Also described as central See Turkish phonology Ukrainian [[Ukrainian orthography / maty 'mother' See Ukrainian phonologyVietnameseSome dialects in North Central and Central[[Vietnamese orthography'chicken'See Vietnamese phonology West Frisian Standard lang 'long' Also described as central See West Frisian phonology Aastersk maat 'mate' Contrasts with a front See West Frisian phonology