Re: Sampa check

 --- Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...> wrote:
> Is /Q/ midway between /A/ and /O/?  I realized it may
> affect the phonemics I used for "apartment".
/Q/ is the rounded form of /A/. /Q/ is a turned script a in the IPA. /Q/ is a
rounded low back vowel. /Q/ is the sound used by most speakers of English (who
don't use /A/) for a short 'o'. /Q/ is a bit of /A/ and a bit of /O/, but I
wouldn't say it was midway between the two.

Tristan

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