  the close back unrounded vowel, or high 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 . typographically a turned letter m, given its relation to the sound represented by the letter u it can be considered a u with an extra "bowl". the sound is sometimes referred to as "unrounded u". the ipa prefers terms "close" and "open" for vowels, hence the name of this article. however, a large number of linguists, perhaps a majority, prefer the terms "high" and "low". ==features==      ==occurrence== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2"|language !! word !! ipa!! meaning !! notes |- | colspan="2" | acehnese ||  ||  || 'see' || duriemid-vowels in acehnese describes this sound as such, while asyikagreement system in acehnese and al-ahmadi al-harbiacehnese coda condition describe it as closer to . |- | colspan="2" | alekano ||  ||  || 'nothing' || |- | colspan="2" | azeri ||  ||  || 'forty' || |- | colspan="2" | bashkir ||  ||  || 'girl' || |- | colspan="2" | min nan || è±¬ ||  || 'pig' || some dialects |- | colspan="2" | wu || ç¶ ||  || 'father' || some dialects |- | colspan="2" | xiang || ç« ||  || 'fire' || |- | colspan="2" | crimean tatar ||  ||  || 'please' || |- | colspan="2" | garifuna || gÃ¼rÃ»gua ||  || 'bite' || |- | irish||ulster ||  ||  || 'narrow' || see irish phonology |- | colspan="2" | korean
Vowels