Double Macron Below
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This diacritic is easily confused with macron below and low line. The distinguishing feature of the double macron below is that it has room for two characters above it. There are no precomposed characters with this diacritic.
Double Macron Below in Unicode
| ◌͟◌ |
| U+035F |
| Combining Double Macron Below |
Double Macron Below in Natlangs
| Usage | Language | Letters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disambiguation in transliteration | Darī (Yaqubi romanization) | D͟z d͟z /z/ | Darī and Pashto use several Arabic characters that are pronounced the same. In the Yaqubi romanization (transliteration, to be more precise) Zz, Z̄z̄, Ẕẕ, D͟z d͟z are all used for /z/.[1] |
| Pashto (Yaqubi romanization) | |||
| Retroflex consonant | Adyghe (BGN/PCGN 2012 romanization) | S͟h s͟h /ʂ/, S͟hw s͟hw /ʂʷ, ɕʷ/, Z͟h z͟h /ʐ/, Z͟hw z͟hw /ʐʷ/ | There is an unaccented Sh sh and Zh zh, which represent /ʃ/ and /ʒ/.[2] Note that none of these are precomposed characters. |
See Also
References
- ↑ BGN/PCGN National Romanization System for Afghanistan (PDF).
- ↑ Romanization of Adyghe (PDF). See also Adyghe language, Alphabet at Wikipedia.
