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Translingual
Etymology
The middot used as a letter.
Letter
ꞏ
- (NAPA) vowel length, used in the alphabets of a number of American languages (e.g. see ⟨aꞏ⟩). A less-common variant is ⟨꞉⟩.
- (lexicography) The 'neutral' tone (a toneless syllable) in pinyin, e.g. Mandarin 吗 ·ma, or 知道 zhī·dào (pronounced either zhīdào or zhīdao). The zhuyin equivalent is ⟨˙⟩
- Used to transliterate the 'Phags-pa letter ꡖ.
Derived terms
Khoekhoe
Letter
ꞏ
- (obsolete) the dental click, modern ⟨ǀ⟩ (Besides plain ⟨ꞏ⟩, it is also used for the dental click consonants ⟨ꞏk ꞏg ꞏn ꞏh ꞏkh ꞏch⟩.)
- See also ꞉, ʼ, ʻ.