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U-umlaut was written as a U with a small e written above (Uͤ uͤ): this minute e degenerated to two vertical bars in medieval handwritings. In most later handwritings these bars in turn nearly became dots. In modern typography there was insufficient space on typewriters and later computer keyboards to allow for both a U-with-dots (also ...
Umlaut (/ ˈ ʊ m l aʊ t /) is a name for the two dots diacritical mark ( ̈) as used to indicate in writing (as part of the letters ä , ö , and ü ) the result of the historical sound shift due to which former back vowels are now pronounced as front vowels (for example , , and as , , and ).
Compound diacritics are possible, for example U+01DA ǚ LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS AND CARON, used as a tonal marks for Hanyu Pinyin, which uses both a two dots diacritic with a caron diacritic. Conversely, when the letter to be accented is an i , the diacritic replaces the tittle, thus: ï .
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FUT [2] ꝷ Tum Medieval abbreviation [9] Ʇ ʇ: Turned T IPA (obsolete: tenuis dental click) 𝼍 Turned t with curl Used by Douglas Beach for a nasal click in his phonetic description of Khoekhoe [24] [20] ᴜ ᶸ Small capital U Obsolete IPA /ʊ/ ᴝ ᵙ: Sideways U FUT [2] ᴞ: Sideways U with diaeresis ꭒ ꭟ U with left hook Teuthonista [4]
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two dots: two overdots ( ̈) are used for umlaut, diaeresis and others; (for example ö) two underdots ( ̤) are used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the ALA-LC romanization system ː – triangular colon, used in the IPA to mark long vowels (the "dots" are triangular, not circular). curves ̆ – breve; for example ŏ
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...