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U+AB65, ꭥ
GREEK LETTER SMALL CAPITAL OMEGA

Latin Extended-E
See also: ʊ

Translingual

Etymology

A turned Latin upsilon ʊ, which in this era was often typeset as a turned small-capital omega.

Letter

  1. (phonetics) A mid back round vowel between and (IPA ).
  2. (phonetics) A higher vowel, IPA ).

Usage notes

Proposed for in Bloch & Trager (1942). Used in linguistic field notes in the 1950s and '60s.

Use for in e.g. Atlas Linguarum Europae (ALE).

Derivations

  • ꭥ̇ mid central round vowel, IPA .
  • ꭥ̈ mid front round vowel, IPA .

Antonyms