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Main sound category: Vowels
Sound category: close back rounded vowel
IPA symbol: u
IPA description: close back rounded vowel
UPSID symbol: u
UPSID description: high back rounded vowel
Occurs in 395 languages
That is in 80.28% of all languages
Occurs in: !Xu A-Pucikwar Aari Abar Abau Abidji Abishira Ache Achumawi Acoma Aghem Ahtna Ainu Aizi Akan Akawaio Alamblak Albanian Aleut Alladian Amele Amharic Amo Amuzgo Andamanese Andoke Angaatiha Angas Ao Apinaye Arabela Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Archi Armenian Arrernte Asmat Atayal Avar Awiya Axluxlay Azande Bai Baining Bakairi Bambara Bandjalang Barasano Bardi Bariba Basque Batak Bats Beembe Beja Bengali_Bangladesh Berta Bete Birom Bisa Bobo-fing Bodo Bororo Brahui Brao Breton Bribri Bruu Bulgarian Burarra Burmese Burushaski Camsa Carib Catalan (Central) Cayuvava Cham Chamorro Changzhou Chatino Cherokee Chipewyan Chuave Chukchi Chuvash Cubeo Cuna Dadibi Dafla Dagbani Dagur Dahalo Daju Dakota Dan Dangaleat Dani Danish Dari Dera Diola Diyari Dizi Doayo Dogon Dutch Dyirbal Efik Ejagham Ekari English_American English_Australian Epena pedee Even Ewe Eyak Farsi Fasu Fe?fe? Fijian Finnish French Fur Fuzhou Ga Gadsup Gbeya Gelao Greek Guahibo Guajiro Guambiano Guarani Gugu-yalanji Gwari Hadza Hakka Hamer Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Highland chinantec Hixkaryana Hmong Huari Huasteco Huave Hungarian Iai Iate Iban Igbo Ik Indonesian Inuit Iranxe Irarutu Island carib Isoko Italian Italian_UPSID Itelmen Itonama Ivatan Iwam Jacaltec Japreria Javanese Jebero Jingpho Jivaro Jomang K'ekchi Kadugli Kaingang Kala lagaw ya Kaliai Kalkatungu Kam Kanakuru Kanuri Karen Kashmiri Kawaiisu Kefa Kera Ket Kewa Khalkha Khanty Kharia Khasi Khmu? Kiowa Klao Kohumono Koiari Kolokuma ijo Koma Komi Konkani Konyagi Korean Koryak Kota Kotoko Koya Kpan Kpelle Kullo Kunama Kunimaipa Kurukh Kven Kwaio Kwakw'ala Kwoma Lahu Lai Lak Lakkia Lame Lelemi Lenakel Lua Lue Lugbara Lungchow Luo Maba Maidu Mambila Manchu Mandarin Mapudungu Mari Maung Mazahua Mba-ne Mbabaram Mbum Mien Mixe Mixtec Moghol Monguor Mor Moro Movima Moxo Muinane Mumuye Mursi Nama Nambakaengo Nanai Nasioi Naxi Ndut Nenets Neo-aramaic Nepali NepaliOH Nera Newari Nganasan Ngiyambaa Ngizim Nicobarese Nivkh Nubian Nyah kur Nyangi Nyimang Ogbia Pacoh Paez Paiwan Panare Papago Parauk Pashto Paya Persian Phlong Picuris Po-ai Pohnpeian Polish Portuguese (Brasilian) Quileute Romanian Roro Rotokas Rukai Russian Rutul Sa'ban Saami Saliba Sama Sandawe Sango Savosavo Sebei Sedang Selepet Selkup Senadi Seneca Sentani Serbian Shasta Shilha Shuswap Sierra miwok Siona Siriono Socotri Songhai Southern kiwai Southern nambiquara Spanish (Castilian) Sre Suena Sui Tabi Taishan Tama Tamang Tamasheq Tamil Tampulma Taoripi Tarascan Tarok Tehuelche Teke Telugu Temein Temne Tera Tetun Thai Ticuna Tiddim chin Tigak Tigrinya Tiruray Tiwi Tlapanec Tlingit Tol Tonkawa Totonac Trumai Tsimshian Tsou Tulu Tunica Tuva Ukrainian Usan Vanimo Wahgi Wantoat Wapishana Wappo Warao Waray Waris West makian Western desert Wichita Wintu Wiyot Wolof Xiamen Yagaria Yakut Yana Yaqui Yareba Yawa Yay Yidiny Yoruba Yucatec Yuchi Yucuna Yukaghir Yulu Yupik Zoque Zulu Zuni