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== Caron ==
== Caron ==
Caron is also known as háček.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Precomposed Letters with Caron
| style="font-size:180%" | ˇ || style="font-size:180%" | ◌̌ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǎ || style="font-size:180%" | ǎ || style="font-size:180%" | Č || style="font-size:180%" | č || style="font-size:180%" | Ď || style="font-size:180%" | ď || style="font-size:180%" | DŽ || style="font-size:180%" | Dž || style="font-size:180%" | dž || style="font-size:180%" | Ě || style="font-size:180%" | ě
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| U+02C7 || U+030C || U+01CD || U+01CD || U+010C || U+010D || U+010E || U+010F || U+01C4 || U+01C5 || U+01C6 || U+011A || U+011B
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| Caron || Combining Caron || Latin Letter Capital A With Caron || Latin Letter Small A With Caron || Latin Capital Letter C With Caron || Latin Small Letter C With Caron || Latin Capital Letter D With Caron || Latin Small Letter D With Caron || Latin Capital Letter Dz With Caron || Latin Capital Letter D With Small Letter Z With Caron || Latin Small Letter Dz With Caron || Latin Capital Letter E With Caron || Latin Small Letter E With Caron
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| '''Note:''' This is the non-combining form. May be confused with ˅ (Modifier Letter Down Arrowhead). || '''Note:''' This is the combining form. || || || || || || '''Note:''' In this letter the caron looks actually like an apostrophe placed to the right of the ascender of the d. || || || || ||
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| style="font-size:180%" | Ǧ || style="font-size:180%" | ǧ || style="font-size:180%" | Ȟ || style="font-size:180%" | ȟ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǐ || style="font-size:180%" | ǐ || style="font-size:180%" | ǰ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǩ || style="font-size:180%" | ǩ || style="font-size:180%" | Ľ || style="font-size:180%" | ľ || style="font-size:180%" | Ň || style="font-size:180%" | ň
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| U+01E6 || U+01E7 || U+021E || U+021F || U+01CF || U+01D0 || U+01F0 ||​ U+01E8 || U+01E9 || U+013D || U+013E || U+0147 || U+0148
|-
| Latin Capital Letter G With Caron || Latin Small Letter G With Caron || Latin Capital Letter H With Caron || Latin Small Letter H With Caron || Latin Capital Letter I With Caron || Latin Small Letter I With Caron || Latin Small Letter J With Caron || Latin Capital Letter K With Caron || Latin Small Letter K With Caron || Latin Capital Letter L With Caron || Latin Small Letter L With Caron || Latin Capital Letter N With Caron || Latin Small Letter N With Caron
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| || || || || || || || || || colspan="2" | '''Note:''' In this letter the caron looks actually like an apostrophe placed to the right of the ascender of the Ll. || ||
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| style="font-size:180%" | Ǒ || style="font-size:180%" | ǒ || style="font-size:180%" | Ř || style="font-size:180%" | ř || style="font-size:180%" | Š || style="font-size:180%" | š || style="font-size:180%" | Ṧ || style="font-size:180%" | ṧ || style="font-size:180%" | Ť || style="font-size:180%" | ť || style="font-size:180%" | Ǔ || style="font-size:180%" | ǔ || style="font-size:180%" | Ǚ
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| U+01D1 || U+01D2 || U+0158 || U+0159 || U+0160 || U+0161 || U+1E66 || U+1E67 || U+0164 || U+0165 || U+01D3 || U+01D4 || U+01D9
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| Latin Capital Letter O With Caron || Latin Small Letter O With Caron || Latin Capital Letter R With Caron || Latin Small Letter R With Caron || Latin Capital Letter S With Caron || Latin Small Letter S With Caron || Latin Capital Letter S With Caron And Dot Above || Latin Small Letter S With Caron And Dot Above || Latin Capital Letter T With Caron || Latin Small Letter T With Caron || Latin Capital Letter U With Caron || Latin Small Letter U With Caron || Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron
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| || || || || || || || || || '''Note:''' In this letter the caron looks actually like an apostrophe placed to the right of the ascender of the t. || || ||
|-
| style="font-size:180%" | ǚ || style="font-size:180%" | Ž || style="font-size:180%" | ž || style="font-size:180%" | Ǯ || style="font-size:180%" | ǯ
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| U+01DA || U+017D || U+017E || U+01EE || U+01EF
|-
| Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron || Latin Capital Letter Z With Caron || Latin Small Letter Z With Caron || Latin Capital Letter Ezh With Caron || Latin Small Letter Ezh With Caron
|}
Caron is also known as háček or haček. Note that the caron is easily confused with the similar looking breve (˘), especially in small font sizes.
 
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Revision as of 05:48, 14 August 2012

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

Caron

Precomposed Letters with Caron
ˇ ◌̌ Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď DŽ Dž dž Ě ě
U+02C7 U+030C U+01CD U+01CD U+010C U+010D U+010E U+010F U+01C4 U+01C5 U+01C6 U+011A U+011B
Caron Combining Caron Latin Letter Capital A With Caron Latin Letter Small A With Caron Latin Capital Letter C With Caron Latin Small Letter C With Caron Latin Capital Letter D With Caron Latin Small Letter D With Caron Latin Capital Letter Dz With Caron Latin Capital Letter D With Small Letter Z With Caron Latin Small Letter Dz With Caron Latin Capital Letter E With Caron Latin Small Letter E With Caron
Note: This is the non-combining form. May be confused with ˅ (Modifier Letter Down Arrowhead). Note: This is the combining form. Note: In this letter the caron looks actually like an apostrophe placed to the right of the ascender of the d.
Ǧ ǧ Ȟ ȟ Ǐ ǐ ǰ Ǩ ǩ Ľ ľ Ň ň
U+01E6 U+01E7 U+021E U+021F U+01CF U+01D0 U+01F0 ​ U+01E8 U+01E9 U+013D U+013E U+0147 U+0148
Latin Capital Letter G With Caron Latin Small Letter G With Caron Latin Capital Letter H With Caron Latin Small Letter H With Caron Latin Capital Letter I With Caron Latin Small Letter I With Caron Latin Small Letter J With Caron Latin Capital Letter K With Caron Latin Small Letter K With Caron Latin Capital Letter L With Caron Latin Small Letter L With Caron Latin Capital Letter N With Caron Latin Small Letter N With Caron
Note: In this letter the caron looks actually like an apostrophe placed to the right of the ascender of the Ll.
Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ǚ
U+01D1 U+01D2 U+0158 U+0159 U+0160 U+0161 U+1E66 U+1E67 U+0164 U+0165 U+01D3 U+01D4 U+01D9
Latin Capital Letter O With Caron Latin Small Letter O With Caron Latin Capital Letter R With Caron Latin Small Letter R With Caron Latin Capital Letter S With Caron Latin Small Letter S With Caron Latin Capital Letter S With Caron And Dot Above Latin Small Letter S With Caron And Dot Above Latin Capital Letter T With Caron Latin Small Letter T With Caron Latin Capital Letter U With Caron Latin Small Letter U With Caron Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron
Note: In this letter the caron looks actually like an apostrophe placed to the right of the ascender of the t.
ǚ Ž ž Ǯ ǯ
U+01DA U+017D U+017E U+01EE U+01EF
Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Caron Latin Capital Letter Z With Caron Latin Small Letter Z With Caron Latin Capital Letter Ezh With Caron Latin Small Letter Ezh With Caron

Caron is also known as háček or haček. Note that the caron is easily confused with the similar looking breve (˘), especially in small font sizes.

Uses of Caron
Usage Language Letters Origin Notes
Postalveolar consonant Latgalian, Latvian Čč /tʃ/, Šš /ʃ/, Žž /ʒ/
Livonian Šš /ʃ/, Žž /ʒ/

Cedilla

Precomposed Letters with Cedilla
Ç ç Ȩ ȩ Ģ ģ
U+00C7 U+00E7 U+1E08 U+1E09 U+1E10 U+1E11 U+0228 U+0229 U+1E1C U+1E1D U+0122 U+0123 U+1E28
Latin Capital Letter C With Cedilla Latin Small Letter C With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter C With Cedilla And Acute Latin Small Letter C With Cedilla And Acute Latin Capital Letter D With Cedilla Latin Small Letter D With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter E With Cedilla Latin Small Letter E With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter E With Cedilla And Breve Latin Small Letter E With Cedilla And Breve Latin Capital Letter G With Cedilla Latin Small Letter G With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter H With Cedilla
Note: The diacritic is placed on top of the letter to avoid the descender of the g.
Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ
U+1E29 U+0136 U+0137 U+013B U+013C U+0145 U+0146 U+0156 U+0157 U+015E U+015F U+0162 U+0163
Latin Small Letter H With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter K With Cedilla Latin Small Letter K With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter L With Cedilla Latin Small Letter L With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter N With Cedilla Latin Small Letter N With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter R With Cedilla Latin Small Letter R With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter S With Cedilla Latin Small Letter S With Cedilla Latin Capital Letter T With Cedilla Latin Small Letter T With Cedilla
Uses of Cedilla
Usage Language Letters Origin Notes
Palatal consonant Latgalian, Latvian Ģģ /ɟ/, Ķķ /c/, Ļļ /ʎ/, Ņņ /ɲ/
Livonian Ḑḑ /ɟ/, Ļļ /ʎ/, Ņņ /ɲ/, Ţţ /c/
Palatalized consonant Livonian Ŗŗ /rʲ/

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.

Uses of Diaeresis or Umlaut
Usage Language Letters Origin Notes
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

Precomposed Letter with Ring Above
Å å Ǻ ǻ Ů ů
U+00C5 U+00E5 U+01FA U+01FB U+016E U+016F U+1E98 U+1E99
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 Ångström sign Å (U+212B).

The non-combining form of ˚ is U+02DA and the combining form is U+030A.

Uses of Ring Above
Use Language Letters Origin Notes
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]