The
open back rounded vowel, or
low back rounded vowel, is a type of
vowel sound, used in some
spoken languages. Acoustically, it is a
near-open or
near-low back rounded vowel. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . It is called "turned script
a", being a rotated version of "script (cursive)
a", which is the variant of
a that lacks the extra stroke on top of a "printed
a". Turned script
a has its linear stroke on the left, whereas "script
a" (for
its unrounded counterpart) has its linear stroke on the right.