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== Diaeresis/Umlaut ==
== Diaeresis/Umlaut ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Precomposed letters with diaeresis/umlaut
| style="font-size:180%" | Ä || style="font-size:180%" | ä || style="font-size:180%" | Ǟ || style="font-size:180%" | ǟ || style="font-size:180%" | Ë || style="font-size:180%" | ë || style="font-size:180%" | Ḧ || style="font-size:180%" | ḧ || style="font-size:180%" | Ï || style="font-size:180%" | ï || style="font-size:180%" | Ḯ || style="font-size:180%" | ḯ || style="font-size:180%" | Ö
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| U+00C4 || U+00E4 || U+01DE || U+01DF || U+00CB || U+00EB || U+1E26 || U+1E27 || U+00CF ||​ U+00EF || U+1E2E || U+1E2F || U+00D6
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| Latin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter A With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis And Macron || Latin Small Letter A With Diaeresis And Macron || Latin Capital Letter E With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter E With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter H With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter H With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter I With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis And Acute || Latin Small Letter I With Diaeresis And Acute ||​ Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis
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| style="font-size:180%" | ö || style="font-size:180%" | Ȫ || style="font-size:180%" | ȫ || style="font-size:180%" | Ṏ || style="font-size:180%" | ṏ || style="font-size:180%" | ẗ || style="font-size:180%" | Ü || style="font-size:180%" | ü || style="font-size:180%" | Ǖ || style="font-size:180%" | ǖ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǘ || style="font-size:180%" | ǘ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǚ
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| U+00F6 ||​ U+022A || U+022B || U+1E4E || U+1E4F || U+1E97 || U+00DC ||​ U+00FC || U+01D5 || U+01D6 || U+01D7 || U+01D8 || U+01D9
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| Latin Small Letter O With Diaeresis ||​ Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis And Macron || Latin Small Letter O With Diaeresis And Macron || Latin Capital Letter O With Tilde And Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter O With Tilde And Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter T With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron || Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron ||​ Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Acute || Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Acute || Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron
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| style="font-size:180%" | ǚ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǜ || style="font-size:180%" | ǜ || style="font-size:180%" | Ṻ || style="font-size:180%" | ṻ || style="font-size:180%" | Ẅ || style="font-size:180%" | ẅ || style="font-size:180%" | Ẍ || style="font-size:180%" | ẍ || style="font-size:180%" | Ÿ || style="font-size:180%" | ÿ
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| U+01DA || U+01DB || U+01DC || U+1E7A || U+1E7B || U+1E84 || U+1E85 || U+1E8C || U+1E8D || U+0178 || U+00FF
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| Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron || Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Grave || Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Grave || Latin Capital Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter W With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter W With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter X With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter X With Diaeresis || Latin Capital Letter Y With Diaeresis || Latin Small Letter Y With Diaeresis
|}
Diaeresis (known as tréma in French) and umlaut both employ the same character: ¨ (U+00A8 for the non-combining form, U+0308 for the combining). But there is a difference of use between diaeresis and umlaut. Letters with umlaut stand for completely different sounds than their non-accented counterparts. For example in Swedish <o> represents /u/ while <ö> represents /ø/. Diaeresis on the other does not change the sound value of a letter, but instead marks that a vowel is not part of a diphthong or digraph.
Diaeresis (known as tréma in French) and umlaut both employ the same character: ¨ (U+00A8 for the non-combining form, U+0308 for the combining). But there is a difference of use between diaeresis and umlaut. Letters with umlaut stand for completely different sounds than their non-accented counterparts. For example in Swedish <o> represents /u/ while <ö> represents /ø/. Diaeresis on the other does not change the sound value of a letter, but instead marks that a vowel is not part of a diphthong or digraph.
:Precomposed letters with this diacritic are: <span style="font-size: 16pt">Ä ä Ë ë Ḧ ḧ Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ẅ ẅ Ẍ ẍ Ÿ ÿ Ǖ ǖ Ǘ ǘ Ǚ ǚ Ǜ ǜ Ǟ ǟ Ȫ ȫ Ḯ ḯ Ṏ ṏ Ṻ ṻ ẗ</span>
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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Revision as of 02:09, 12 August 2012

This page will list different uses of diacritical marks that have natland precedence. Conlangers can use this to find inspiration for their own conlang romanizations.

Diaeresis/Umlaut

Precomposed letters with diaeresis/umlaut
Ä ä Ǟ ǟ Ë ë Ï ï Ö
U+00C4 U+00E4 U+01DE U+01DF U+00CB U+00EB U+1E26 U+1E27 U+00CF ​ U+00EF U+1E2E U+1E2F U+00D6
Latin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter A With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis And Macron Latin Small Letter A With Diaeresis And Macron Latin Capital Letter E With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter E With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter H With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter H With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter I With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis And Acute Latin Small Letter I With Diaeresis And Acute ​ Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis
ö Ȫ ȫ Ü ü Ǖ ǖ Ǘ ǘ Ǚ
U+00F6 ​ U+022A U+022B U+1E4E U+1E4F U+1E97 U+00DC ​ U+00FC U+01D5 U+01D6 U+01D7 U+01D8 U+01D9
Latin Small Letter O With Diaeresis ​ Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis And Macron Latin Small Letter O With Diaeresis And Macron Latin Capital Letter O With Tilde And Diaeresis Latin Small Letter O With Tilde And Diaeresis Latin Small Letter T With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron ​ Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Acute Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Acute Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron
ǚ Ǜ ǜ Ÿ ÿ
U+01DA U+01DB U+01DC U+1E7A U+1E7B U+1E84 U+1E85 U+1E8C U+1E8D U+0178 U+00FF
Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Grave Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Grave Latin Capital Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis Latin Small Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter W With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter W With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter X With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter X With Diaeresis Latin Capital Letter Y With Diaeresis Latin Small Letter Y With Diaeresis

Diaeresis (known as tréma in French) and umlaut both employ the same character: ¨ (U+00A8 for the non-combining form, U+0308 for the combining). But there is a difference of use between diaeresis and umlaut. Letters with umlaut stand for completely different sounds than their non-accented counterparts. For example in Swedish <o> represents /u/ while <ö> represents /ø/. Diaeresis on the other does not change the sound value of a letter, but instead marks that a vowel is not part of a diphthong or digraph.

Diaeresis/Umlaut
Use Language Letters Origin
Front version of back vowel Finnish Ää /æ/, Öö /ø/ From Swedish.
Livonian Ää /æ/
Swedish Ää /ɛ/, Öö /ø/ The umlaut evolved from the letter e in the digraphs ae[1] and oe[2].
Syllable break. When two vowel follow each other, a diaeresis on the second vowel indicates that the vowels are in two different syllables instead of forming a diphthong. French Ëë, Ïï, Üü, Ÿÿ

Ring Above

The non-combining form of ˚ is U+02DA and the combining form is U+030A. Precomposed letters with this diacritic are: ÅU+00C5 åU+00E5 ŮU+016E ůU+016F ǺU+01FA ǻU+01FBU+1E98U+1E99

Ring Above
Use Language Letters Origin
Back version of front vowel. Often rounded. Chamorro Åå /ɑ/
Danish, Norwegian Åå /ɔ/ From an earlier digraph aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.[3]
Swedish Åå /o/ From an earlier digraph aa representing /ɔ/, which in turn came from /aː/.[4]