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U+A789, ꞉
MODIFIER LETTER COLON

Latin Extended-D

Translingual

Symbol

  1. (NAPA) alternative form of for vowel length (e.g. a꞉).
  2. A component of the vowel letters a꞉ and o꞉ in a number of languages Papua New Guinea (e.g. Gobasi Go꞉bosi).

Derived terms

Budu

Letter

  1. The grammatical tone marking past tense.
    See also .

Cayuga

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. Found in the Cayuga letters a꞉ e꞉ ę꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ǫ꞉.

Halkomelem

Pronunciation

Letter

(no case)

  1. (Stó꞉lō) A marker of long vowels and geminate consonants in the Halkomelem alphabet.

Usage notes

In the Musqueam alphabet, this is not used with consonants, and a꞉ e꞉ i꞉ u꞉ are considered separate letters.

See also

  • Musqueam


  • Stó꞉lō


  • Cowichan


Khoekhoe

Letter

  1. (obsolete) the palatal click, modern ǂ (Besides the single letter, is also used in digraphs for the palatal click consonants ꞉k ꞉g ꞉n ꞉h ꞉kh ꞉ch.)
    See also , ʼ, ʻ.

Kiowa

Pronunciation

Letter

(no case)

  1. A mark of vowel length in the Kiowa alphabet.

Usage notes

Appears after the letter for nasalization. For example, IPA(key): /õː/ is written on̶꞉.

See also

Kuni-Boazi

Letter

  1. A letter for vowel length in the Boazi alphabet.

Lhao Vo

Letter

  1. Low lexical tone, on a syllable ending in a vowel or in any consonant but glottal stop.

Usage notes

A final glottal stop on a low-tone syllable is written ;.

Sabaot

Letter

  1. The grammatical tone that marks a subject.

Seneca

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. Marks long vowels: a꞉ ä꞉ e꞉ ë꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ö꞉.

Yele

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. Marks nasal vowels.

Derived terms

See also