Ǫ

Not to be confused with ჹ.
O with ogonek
Ǫ ǫ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
In UnicodeU+01EA, U+01EB
History
Development
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

O with an ogonek (majuscule: Ǫ, minuscule: ǫ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by the addition of the ogonek (from Polish: little tail) to the letter O. It is used in Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.[1] It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic, and the Proto-Slavic language, as well as in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet.[2] It is also still in use for the writing of Old Norse, and used to be used sporadically in Polish.[3]

Usage

The letter is used in the autochthonic languages of North America: Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.[1] In such languages, it represents either a nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel ([õ]), or a nasalized ([ɔ̃]).

It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic where it represents the nasal back vowel, as well as in the Proto-Slavic language where it represents a labialized non-front vowel. It is also used in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet, where it represents the nasalized O-sound, for example, the pronunciation of Ą in Polish.[2]

It was used in Old Norse, where it represented the open back rounded vowel ([ɒ]) sound. Additionally, the letter sporadically used to be an alternative to Ą in Polish.[3]

In academic transcription of Vulgar Latin, Ǫ represents the open-mid vowel /ɔ/ (contrasted with the close-mid vowel and /o/, represented with an underdot (Ọ)).

Encoding

Character information
Preview Ǫ ǫ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH OGONEK LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH OGONEK
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 490 U+01EA 491 U+01EB
UTF-8 199 170 C7 AA 199 171 C7 AB
Numeric character reference Ǫ Ǫ ǫ ǫ

References

  1. ^ a b J.M. McDonough, The Navajo Sound System.
  2. ^ a b Grzegorz Jagodziński. "Transcription systems used in Polish phonetic and phonology". free.of.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  3. ^ a b Michał Suchorowski, Zabawki dramatyczne. vol. 1.


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