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O with ogonek | |
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Ǫ ǫ | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
In Unicode | U+01EA, U+01EB |
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Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
O with an ogonek (majuscule: Ǫ, minuscule: ǫ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by the addition of the ogonek (from Polish: little tail) to the letter O. It is used in Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.[1] It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic, and the Proto-Slavic language, as well as in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet.[2] It is also still in use for the writing of Old Norse, and used to be used sporadically in Polish.[3]
Usage
[edit]The letter is used in the autochthonic languages of North America: Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.[1] In such languages, it represents either a nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel ([õ]), or a nasalized ([ɔ̃]).
It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic where it represents the nasal back vowel, as well as in the Proto-Slavic language where it represents a labialized non-front vowel. It is also used in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet, where it represents the nasalized O-sound, for example, the pronunciation of Ą in Polish.[2]
It was used in Old Norse, where it represented the open back rounded vowel ([ɒ]) sound. Additionally, the letter sporadically used to be an alternative to Ą in Polish.[3]
In academic transcription of Vulgar Latin, Ǫ represents the open-mid vowel /ɔ/ (contrasted with the close-mid vowel and /o/, represented with an underdot (Ọ)).
Encoding
[edit]Preview | Ǫ | ǫ | ||
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Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH OGONEK | LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH OGONEK | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 490 | U+01EA | 491 | U+01EB |
UTF-8 | 199 170 | C7 AA | 199 171 | C7 AB |
Numeric character reference | Ǫ |
Ǫ |
ǫ |
ǫ |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Grzegorz Jagodziński. "Transcription systems used in Polish phonetic and phonology". free.of.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ a b Michał Suchorowski, Zabawki dramatyczne. vol. 1.