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The low line (also known as underline or underscore) originates from underlining used for emphasis.<ref name=underlining>[[Wikipedia:Underline|Underline]] at Wikipedia.</ref> Note that this diacritic can easily be confused with [[Macron_Below|macron below]] and [[Double_Macron_Below|double macron below]]. The difference is that the low line should result in a single long line when used on several consecutive characters, while characters with macron below should have small gaps between the macrons.<ref name=macron_below>[[Wikipedia:Macron_below|Macron below]] at Wikipedia.</ref> The double macron below on the other hand has room for two characters above the line. There are no precomposed characters with low line.

== Low Line in Unicode ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Characters with Low Line
| style="font-size:180%" | _ || style="font-size:180%" | ◌̲ 
|-
| U+005F || U+0332
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| Low Line || Combining Low Line
|-
| '''Note:''' This is the underscore used in e.g. URLs. ||
|}

== Low Line in Natlangs ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Uses of Low Line
! Usage
! Language
! Letters
! Notes
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Dental_consonant|Dental consonant]]
| [[Wikipedia:Moro_language|Moro]]
| D̲d̲ /d̪/, T̲t̲ /t̪/
| In the literature there appears a letter D̶d̶ which is not mentioned in the text. This probably stands for the same sound as D̲d̲, but the reason for why it is variously written with D̲d̲ and D̶d̶ is not explained.<ref name=elizabeth_guest>Guest, Elizabeth. 1997. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/Kordofanian/Moro/guest_moro-phonology1997.pdf Moro Phonology].</ref><ref name=roger_blench>Blench, Roger. 2005. [http://rb.rowbory.co.uk/Language/Niger-Congo/Kordofanian/Moro/Moro%20dictionary%20complete.pdf A dictionary of the Moro language of the Nuba hills, Sudan].</ref> The orthography for Moro did not have capital letters originally.<ref name=elizabeth_guest/> 
|-
| Disambiguation in transliteration
| [[Wikipedia:Amharic|Amharic]] (BGN/PCGN 1967 transliteration)
| T̲s̲’̲ t̲s̲’̲ /tsʼ/
| The [[Wikipedia:Geʽez_script|Geʽez]] script has two types of characters that are pronounced /tsʼ/ in Amharic due to sounds mergers. These may be transliterated with Tsʼ tsʼ and T̲s̲’̲ t̲s̲’̲. The diacritic may also be dropped though.<ref name=amharic>[https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/Romanization/ROMANIZATION%20OF%20AMHARIC.pdf Romanization of Amharic] (PDF).</ref> It is unclear which diacritic, if any, is really supposed to be used. The aforementioned source uses underlining.
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== Low Line in Conlangs ==
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|+ Uses of Low Line
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! Language
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== See Also ==
*[[Natlang_Uses_of_Diacritics_in_the_Latin_Alphabet|Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet]]
*[[Macron_Below|Macron Below]]
*[[Double_Macron_Below|Double Macron Below]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Natscripts]]