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Half rings

Posted: 16 Jul 2017 03:30
by GamerGeek
What do half rings do in the IPA?

Re: Half rings

Posted: 16 Jul 2017 04:22
by shimobaatar
Spoiler:
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Edit: They're near the top of the rightmost column.

Re: Half rings

Posted: 16 Jul 2017 04:24
by Ashtăr Balynestjăr
They indicate more rounding [ɔ̹] and less rounding [ɔ̜], respectively.

Re: Half rings

Posted: 16 Jul 2017 04:38
by qwed117
There's three possible "half rings" in IPA. The left facing ring, with a hole on the right side is less rounding. The right facing ring is more rounding. The bottom facing ring (which is the most-common) is used to indicate non-syllabic consonants and vowels. This is used for diphthongs in English.

Re: Half rings

Posted: 16 Jul 2017 12:06
by Salmoneus
qwed117 wrote:There's three possible "half rings" in IPA. The left facing ring, with a hole on the right side is less rounding. The right facing ring is more rounding. The bottom facing ring (which is the most-common) is used to indicate non-syllabic consonants and vowels. This is used for diphthongs in English.
That's an inverted breve below.

You can see when zoomed in that, for instance, the inverted breve thickens in the middle, whereas the half-rings have a consistent thickness.