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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 .
Diaeresis [a] (/ d aɪ ˈ ɛr ə s ɪ s,-ˈ ɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, - EER-) [1] is a diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) that indicates that two adjacent vowel letters are separate syllables – a vowel hiatus (also called a diaeresis) – rather than a digraph or diphthong.
FUT [2] ᴖ ᵔ: Top half O ᴗ ᵕ: Bottom half O Ꞷ ꞷ Omega ɷ 𐞤 Closed omega Obsolete IPA /ʊ/ Superscript form is an IPA superscript letter [7] Ȣ ȣ: Ou Ligature of Latin o and u ᴕ ᴽ: Small capital Ou FUT [2] a back vowel of uncertain quality: ᴘ: Small capital P ꟼ Epigraphic letter reversed P ɸ ᶲ Phi IPA /ɸ/ cf. Greek: Φ ...
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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
Two dots (diacritic) – Diacritic that consists of two dots placed over a letter diaeresis (diacritic) – Mark that indicates separation of vowels; umlaut (diacritic) – Diacritic mark to indicate sound shift; Arabic alphabet; Hebrew diacritics; Dot (disambiguation) Two dots (disambiguation) Three dots (disambiguation)