◌᪻

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◌᪻ U+1ABB, ᪻
COMBINING PARENTHESES ABOVE
◌᪺
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended ◌᪼

◌᪼ U+1ABC, ᪼
COMBINING DOUBLE PARENTHESES ABOVE
◌᪻
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended ◌᪽

Translingual

Diacritical mark

◌᪻, ◌᪽

  1. (extIPA, Teuthonista) indicates that the quality imparted by a diacritic is weaker/lesser than normal.
    For example, ⟨ḁ᪽⟩ is a partially devoiced [a], and ⟨ã᪻⟩ a lightly nasalized [a].
  2. (Teuthonista, on a superscript) indicates that a vowel is especially weakened.
    For example, ⟨ⁱ⟩ is a weak or fleeting [i]; with ⟨⁽ⁱ⁾⟩, the [i] is scarcely there.
  3. (Teuthonista, on an ascender or descender) indicates that the quality conveyed by the ascender/descender is weakened. Used specifically on the palatal nasal ⟨ŋ᪽⟩.

Usage notes

Parentheses around a doubled diacritic, as ⟨ẽ̃᪻⟩, indicates a degree of intensity intermediate between that of a single and doubled diacritic. Increasing degrees of nasalization of the vowel are written ⟨e ẽ᪻ ẽ ẽ̃᪻ ẽ̃⟩. Similarly, increasing rounding is written ⟨e ë᪻ ë ë̈᪻ ë̈⟩.

Parentheses are sometimes used around orthographic diacritics, as in ⟨ š᪻ ⟩, a sound that may be either s or š, e.g. in a dialect that doesn't distinguish those sounds, or in a reconstruction where the sound is not clear.

The middle parentheses are use for an overstruck diacritic. In the case of ɫ, the result fused to .

Doubling the parentheses means the feature is extra weak, e.g. ⟨ ẽ᪼ ⟩.

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