The phoneme / 𝑢 ∶ / / 𝑢 ∶ / is a long, high-back, rounded vowel pronounced as a sustained "ooh" sound, similar to "oo" in "moon," "true," or "blue". It is produced by lifting the back of the tongue toward the soft palate, rounding the lips tightly, and producing a voiced, prolonged sound.
/u/ is a high, back, rounded vowel. To make it, your tongue should be lifted high in the mouth, and shifted toward the back. Place your lips into a circle “o” shape. You should feel some tension in your mouth muscles.
/u/ is pronounced for a shorter duration and shorter stress in comparison with /u:/ /u:/ on the other hand is a longer vowel with a long stress. The words with /u/ are : /u/ - full, pull, rule, flu, truth.
Yes, and û is pronounced like "oo" so Khazad-dûm is like "Khazad-doom" in a very basic way. Ú is also pronounced that way basically. So Húrin is pronounced "Hoorin".
Short U Sound Words
Û, û (u-circumflex) is a letter of the Latin script. u-circumflex.
The vowel /I:/ is a long vowel sound. This sound is produced by letting much air out of the mouth. Words that have the /i:/ sound: Me, we, he, she, heel, wean, sea, free, dream, clean, jeans, clean, read, feed, green, three, tree, meal etc.
The grapheme 'ue' can make the same sound as /y/ and /oo/ together (yoo), as in 'due'. 'ue' can also make an /oo/ sound, as in 'glue'. There is no specific pattern so you can try both when decoding a new word.
A and U accent grave
With a and u on the other hand, the accent grave is used to differentiate between words that otherwise look and sound the same. In fact, ù appears in only one word: où (meaning “where or when”), and is used to differentiate between où and ou (meaning “or”).
Don't be alarmed — those funny little diacritic marks are umlauts (or diaereses), and they're here to help. By Nuno Marques. December 15, 2016. Illustration by Chaim Garcia. If you're learning a European language, chances are you will soon be confronted with the diacritic ¨ hanging over vowels.
Umlaut (literally "changed sound") is the German name of the sound shift phenomenon also known as i-mutation. In German, this term is also used for the corresponding letters ä, ö, and ü (and the diphthong äu) and the sounds that these letters represent.
It is similar to the /ɪ/ sound, but the two little dots mean that it is a longer sound. /i:/ not /ɪ/. To produce the sound put your tongue high and at the front of your mouth and stretch out your lips, then make a long voiced sound.
/i:/ is a longer sound like EE - try saying 'seem': did you notice the front tip of the tongue rising higher towards the tooth ridge? /ɪ/ is a short sound - try saying 'sim', the front tip of the tongue lowers a little bit.
/ʊ/is a high, back, lax vowel. To make it, your tongue should be lifted high in the mouth (slightly lower than /u/), and shifted toward the back.
Symbol. (NAPA, UPA) a high front rounded vowel (IPA [y]). (superscript ⟨ᵘ̈⟩, UPA) an extremely short or fleeting ü. An emoticon representing a face with a big smile.
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.