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ɑ Script Open Back Unrounded Vowel E.G Spa

Front ɑ
Back Open back unrounded vowel
script a
e.g. spa (UK+US)
ɑ and ɒ are the same in American - calm-cot
About 40% of Americans pronounce o: the same way as script a:, so that caught and cot have the same vowel:  cot-caught merger.

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