What is a high back vowel?
What is a high back vowel? The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨u⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is u . Which vowels are high back vowels? The first of the high vowels is /u/ (as in food). It is made with rounded lips and it is known as the HIGH BACK ROUNDED vowel. It is a long vowel and so may be transcribed as /uː/. The second high vowel is /ʊ/ as...