Vowel in Creek, the letter "V" stands for . There is not necessarily a direct one-to-one correspondence between the vowel sounds of a language and the vowel letters. Many languages that use a form of the Latin alphabet have more vowel sounds than can be represented by the standard set of five vowel letters. In English spelling, the five letters "A" "E" "I" "O" and "U" can represent a variety of vowel sounds, while the letter "Y" frequently represents vowels (as in e.g., "gym", "happy", or the diphthongs in "cry", "thyme"); "W" is used in representing some diphthongs (as in "cow")
Close back unrounded vowel nor with , which is an unofficial symbol for the near-close back unrounded vowel. The symbol is sometimes used for Japanese , but that sound is rounded, albeit with labial compression rather than protrusion. It is more accurately described as an exolabial close back vowel. Close back unrounded vowel The close back unrounded vowel, or high back unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. Acoustically it is a "close back-central unrounded vowel". The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . Typographically a turned letter "m", given its relation to