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The ring above diacritic originates from two letters, Åå and Ůů. Åå evolved from an earlier digraph, Aa aa, which eventually turned into Åå in Scandinavia.<ref name=a-ring>[[Wikipedia:Å|Å]] at Wikipedia.</ref> Ůů comes from a digraph Uo uo in Czech.<ref name=u-ring>[[Wikipedia:Ring_(diacritic)#Ring_above|Ring (diacritic), Ring above]] at Wikipedia.</ref>


== Ring Above in Unicode ==
== Ring Above in Unicode ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Precomposed Letters with Ring Above
|+ Characters with Ring Above
| style="font-size:180%" | ˚ || style="font-size:180%" | ◌̊ || style="font-size:180%" | Å || style="font-size:180%" | å || style="font-size:180%" | Ǻ || style="font-size:180%" | ǻ || style="font-size:180%" | Ů || style="font-size:180%" | ů || style="font-size:180%" | ẘ || style="font-size:180%" | ẙ
| style="font-size:180%" | ˚ || style="font-size:180%" | ◌̊ || style="font-size:180%" | Å || style="font-size:180%" | å || style="font-size:180%" | Ǻ || style="font-size:180%" | ǻ || style="font-size:180%" | Ů || style="font-size:180%" | ů || style="font-size:180%" | ẘ || style="font-size:180%" | ẙ
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| Ring Above || Combining Ring Above || Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above || Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above And Acute || Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above And Acute || Latin Capital Letter U With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter U With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter W With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter Y With Ring Above
| Ring Above || Combining Ring Above || Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above || Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above And Acute || Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above And Acute || Latin Capital Letter U With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter U With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter W With Ring Above || Latin Small Letter Y With Ring Above
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| colspan="2" | '''Note:''' May be confused with the Degree Sign, ° (U+00B0); or Masculine Ordinal Indicator, º (U+00BA). || '''Note:''' May be confused with the Ångström Sign, Å (U+212B). || || || || || || ||
| colspan="2" | '''Note:''' May be confused with the Degree Sign, ° (U+00B0); Masculine Ordinal Indicator, º (U+00BA); Katakana-Hiragana Semi-Voiced Sound Mark, ゜ (U+309C); or Combining Katakana-Hiragana Semi-Voiced Sound Mark, ◌゚ (U+309A). || '''Note:''' May be confused with the Ångström Sign, Å (U+212B). || || || || || || ||
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== Natlang Examples ==
== Ring Above in Natlangs ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Uses of Ring Above
|+ Uses of Ring Above
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| [[Wikipedia:Danish_language|Danish]], [[Norwegian]]
| [[Wikipedia:Danish_language|Danish]], [[Norwegian]]
| Åå /ɔ/
| Åå /ɔ/
| From an earlier digraph aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.<ref name=a-ring>[[Wikipedia:Å|Å]] at Wikipedia.</ref>
| From an earlier digraph Aa aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.<ref name=a-ring/>
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|-
| [[Wikipedia:Swedish_language|Swedish]]
| [[Wikipedia:Swedish_language|Swedish]]
| Åå /o/
| Åå /o/
| From an earlier digraph aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.<ref name=a-ring/>
| From an earlier digraph Aa aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.<ref name=a-ring/>
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|-
| Long vowel
| [[Wikipedia:Vowel_length|Long vowel]]
| [[Wikipedia:Czech_language|Czech]]
| [[Wikipedia:Czech_language|Czech]]
| Ůů /uː/
| Ůů /uː/
| This comes from a diphthong /uo/, where the o was sometimes written as a ring above the u. A sound change then turned /uo/ into /uː/.<ref name=u_ring>[[Wikipedia:Czech_orthography#Letter_Ů|Czech orthography, Letter Ů]] at Wikipedia.</ref>
| This comes from a diphthong /uo/, where the /o/ was sometimes written as a ring above the Uu. /uo/ then turned into /uː/ through a sound change.<ref name=u_ring>[[Wikipedia:Czech_orthography#Letter_Ů|Czech orthography, Letter Ů]] at Wikipedia.</ref>
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== Ring Above in Phonetic Transcription ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Uses of ring above
! Use
! Transcription system
! Characters
! Notes
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Voicelessness|Unvoiced]] sound
| [[IPA|International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA)
| ◌̊
| An allograph of ◌̥, when the ring cannot be fitted underneath the base letter.<ref name=ipa>[[Wikipedia:International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Diacritics|International Phonetic Alphabet, Diacritics]] at Wikipedia.</ref> The ring diacritic is used on letters representing voiced sounds, when there is no dedicated symbol for the voiceless version of the sound. It may also be used with symbols for voiced sounds to represent slack voice.<ref name=slack_voice>[[Wikipedia:Slack_voice|Slack voice]] at Wikipedia</ref>
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Latest revision as of 01:36, 9 April 2021

The ring above diacritic originates from two letters, Åå and Ůů. Åå evolved from an earlier digraph, Aa aa, which eventually turned into Åå in Scandinavia.[1] Ůů comes from a digraph Uo uo in Czech.[2]

Ring Above in Unicode

Characters with Ring Above
˚ ◌̊ Å å Ǻ ǻ Ů ů ẘ ẙ
U+02DA U+030A U+00C5 U+00E5 U+01FA U+01FB U+016E U+016F U+1E98 U+1E99
Ring Above Combining Ring Above Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above And Acute Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above And Acute Latin Capital Letter U With Ring Above Latin Small Letter U With Ring Above Latin Small Letter W With Ring Above Latin Small Letter Y With Ring Above
Note: May be confused with the Degree Sign, ° (U+00B0); Masculine Ordinal Indicator, º (U+00BA); Katakana-Hiragana Semi-Voiced Sound Mark, ゜ (U+309C); or Combining Katakana-Hiragana Semi-Voiced Sound Mark, ◌゚ (U+309A). Note: May be confused with the Ångström Sign, Å (U+212B).

Ring Above in Natlangs

Uses of Ring Above
Use Language Letters Notes
Back version of front vowel. Often also rounded. Chamorro Åå /ɑ/
Danish, Norwegian Åå /ɔ/ From an earlier digraph Aa aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.[1]
Swedish Åå /o/ From an earlier digraph Aa aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.[1]
Long vowel Czech Ůů /uː/ This comes from a diphthong /uo/, where the /o/ was sometimes written as a ring above the Uu. /uo/ then turned into /uː/ through a sound change.[3]

Ring Above in Phonetic Transcription

Uses of ring above
Use Transcription system Characters Notes
Unvoiced sound International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) ◌̊ An allograph of ◌̥, when the ring cannot be fitted underneath the base letter.[4] The ring diacritic is used on letters representing voiced sounds, when there is no dedicated symbol for the voiceless version of the sound. It may also be used with symbols for voiced sounds to represent slack voice.[5]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Å at Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ Ring (diacritic), Ring above at Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Czech orthography, Letter Ů at Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ International Phonetic Alphabet, Diacritics at Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ Slack voice at Wikipedia


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