Double Grave Accent

The double grave accent is not part of the orthography of any language, but it is used in language learning materials of and linguistic publications about Serbian, Croatian and Slovene.

Double Grave Accent in Unicode

Characters with Double Grave Accent

˵

◌̏

Ȁ

ȁ

Ȅ

ȅ

Ȉ

ȉ

Ȍ

ȍ

Ȑ

ȑ

Ȕ

U+02F5

U+030F

U+0200

U+0201

U+0204

U+0205

U+0208

U+0209

U+020C

U+020D

U+0210

U+0211

U+0214

Modifier Letter Middle Double Grave Accent

Combining Double Grave Accent

Latin Capital Letter A With Double Grave

Latin Small Letter A With Double Grave

Latin Capital Letter E With Double Grave

Latin Small Letter E With Double Grave

Latin Capital Letter I With Double Grave

Latin Small Letter I With Double Grave

Latin Capital Letter O With Double Grave

Latin Small Letter O With Double Grave

Latin Capital Letter R With Double Grave

Latin Small Letter R With Double Grave

Latin Capital Letter U With Double Grave

ȕ

U+0215

Latin Small Letter U With Double Grave

Double Grave Accent in Natlangs

Uses of Double Grave Accent

Usage	Language	Letters	Notes
Short vowel with pitch accent or tone	Croatian, Serbian	Ȁȁ /â/, Ȅȅ /ê/, Ȉȉ /î/, Ȍȍ /ô/, Ȑȑ /r̩̂/, Ȕȕ /û/	The double grave accent marks here a short vowel with falling pitch.
	Slovene (orthography with tonal accentuation)	Ȁȁ /à/, Ȅȅ /ɛ̀/, Ẹ̏ẹ̏ /è/, Ȉȉ /ì/, Ȍȍ /ɔ̀/, Ọ̏ọ̏ /ò/, Ȑȑ /ə̀ɾ/, Ȕȕ /ù/	The double grave accent marks that the vowels are short and have low tone. These letters are not used in the standard orthography of Slovene, but in language materials.

Double Grave Accent in Phonetic Transcription

Uses of double grave accent

Use	Transcription system	Characters	Notes
Extra low tone	International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)	◌̏	Used on top of vowels (or syllabic consonants). Alternatively, one may use the extra low tone bar (˩) instead, placing it after the affected syllable.

See Also

• Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
• Grave Accent