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ː, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ː in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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| The IPA colon isn't necessarily triangular. This typeface is Doulos SIL, one of four approved by the IPA. |
See also: : ,
꞉ ,
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։ , and ׃
Translingual
Design
A letter colon, i.e. ⟨꞉⟩, made triangular to be more distinct from the punctuation colon.
Symbol
ː
- (IPA) long (e.g. a long vowel , a geminate consonant ).
- (superscript ⟨𐞁⟩, IPA) extension of the feature indicated by a diacritic (e.g. a highly aspirated consonant ).
Usage notes
The symbol may be doubled to indicate an extra-long segment: , or (as a superscript) .
The colon may carry diacritics, e.g. for tone in (falling tone on a long vowel) or nasalization in . See length (phonetics).
A superscript colon is used for example in , a with longer aspiration than and . The diacritic may instead be doubled, i.e. , but that allows only a two-way distinction.
Further reading
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