Open back unrounded vowel Totally Explained

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The open 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 ɑ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is A. The symbol ɑ 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, shouldn't be confused with turned script a ɒ, which has its linear stroke on the top left and corresponds to a rounded version of this vowel, the open back rounded vowel.

Features

Its vowel height is open, which means the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Angor		ape	[ɑpe]	'father'
Arabic	Standard	طويل	[tˤɑˈwiːl]	'tall'	Allophone of long and short /a/ near emphatic consonants. See Arabic phonology
Dutch		bad	[bɑt]	'bath'	Backness varies among dialects. See Dutch phonology
English	GA	spa	[spɑː]	'spa'	See English phonology
English	RP	spa	[spɑː]	'spa'
Finnish		kana	[kɑnɑ]	'hen'	See Finnish phonology
French		pâte	[pɑt]	'dough'	Only in dialects that distinguish pâte from patte. See French phonology
Georgian		გუდა	[gudɑ]	'leather bag'
Hungarian		bal	[bɑ̽l]	'left'	See Hungarian phonology
Navajo		ashkii	[ɑʃkɪː]	'boy'
Norwegian		hat	[hɑːt]	'hate'	See Norwegian phonology
Plautdietsch		Gott	[gɑ̽t]	'God'
Russian		палка	[ˈpɑɫkə]	'stick'	Only occurs both before /ɫ/ and after an unpalatalized consonant. See Russian phonology
Swedish		hаt	[ˈhɑːt]	'hate'	See Swedish phonology

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