The short close to half-close back vowel

The short close to half-close back vowel (monophthong) is pronounced by the back of the tongue being raised towards the velum so as to form a relatively open passage. The lips are loosely rounded to neutral. The sound is very different from the Norwegian short /u/, which is front with strong lip rounding. Norwegians should pay great attention to this difference. The illustration on the right shows the relative tongue position of the sound as compared to other back sounds.

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