/ʌ/

Approximate Castilian Production:

This phoneme that, together with /a:/ and /ae/ is a focus of confusion for Spanish speakers who can assimilate it to an "a" sound. This sound sems to be moter approximate to the Spanish "A" whe it is accompanied by velar consonants: regate, coja, jaque.

Most important spellings:

• u: sun, ran, fun
• o: won, come, done
• ou: country, southern, young
• oo: blood, flood. 

Minimal pairs 

/ʌ/	/ae/
Cup	Cap
But	Bat
Run	Ran
Some	Sam
Uncle	Ankle
Much	Match

/ʌ/	/e/
Money	Many
But	Bet
Won	When
done	den