Natlang Uses of Dot Below

The dot below is also known as underdot.

Dot Below in Unicode

Precomposed Letters with Dot Below

◌̣

Ạ

ạ

Ậ

ậ

Ặ

ặ

Ḅ

ḅ

Ḍ

ḍ

Ẹ

ẹ

U+0323

U+1EA0

U+1EA1

U+1EAC

U+1EAD

U+1EB6

U+1EB7

U+1E04

U+1E05

U+1E0C

U+1E0D

U+1EB8

U+1EB9

Combining Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter A With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter A With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter A With Circumflex And Dot Below

Latin Small Letter A With Circumflex And Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Dot Below

Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter B With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter B With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter D With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter D With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter E With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter E With Dot Below

Ệ

ệ

Ḥ

ḥ

Ị

ị

Ḳ

ḳ

Ḷ

ḷ

Ḹ

ḹ

Ṃ

U+1EC6

U+1EC7

U+1E24

U+1E25

U+1ECA

U+1ECB

U+1E32

U+1E33

U+1E36

U+1E37

U+1E38

U+1E39

U+1E42

Latin Capital Letter E With Circumflex And Dot Below

Latin Small Letter E With Circumflex And Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter H With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter H With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter I With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter I With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter K With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter K With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter L With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter L With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter L With Dot Below And Macron

Latin Small Letter L With Dot Below And Macron

Latin Capital Letter M With Dot Below

ṃ

Ṇ

ṇ

Ọ

ọ

Ộ

ộ

Ợ

ợ

Ṛ

ṛ

Ṝ

ṝ

U+1E43

U+1E46

U+1E47

U+1ECC

U+1ECD

U+1ED8

U+1ED9

U+1EE2

U+1EE3

U+1E5A

U+1E5B

U+1E5C

U+1E5D

Latin Small Letter M With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter N With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter N With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter O With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter O With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter O With Circumflex And Dot Below

Latin Small Letter O With Circumflex And Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter O With Horn And Dot Below

Latin Small Letter O With Horn And Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter R With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter R With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter R With Dot Below And Macron

Latin Small Letter R With Dot Below And Macron

Ṣ

ṣ

Ṩ

ṩ

Ṭ

ṭ

Ụ

ụ

Ự

ự

Ṿ

ṿ

Ẉ

U+1E62

U+1E63

U+1E68

U+1E69

U+1E6C

U+1E6D

U+1EE4

U+1EE5

U+1EF0

U+1EF1

U+1E7E

U+1E7F

U+1E88

Latin Capital Letter S With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter S With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter S With Dot Below And Dot Above

Latin Small Letter S With Dot Below And Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter T With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter T With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter U With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter U With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter U With Horn And Dot Below

Latin Small Letter U With Horn And Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter V With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter V With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter W With Dot Below

ẉ

Ỵ

ỵ

Ẓ

ẓ

U+1E89

U+1EF4

U+1EF5

U+1E92

U+1E93

Latin Small Letter W With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter Y With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter Y With Dot Below

Latin Capital Letter Z With Dot Below

Latin Small Letter Z With Dot Below

Natlang Examples

Uses of Dot Below

Usage	Language	Letters	Notes
Creaky voice	Vietnamese	Ạạ /a̰ːʔ˨˩/, Ặặ /a̰ʔ˨˩/, Ậậ /ə̰ʔ˨˩/, Ẹẹ /ɛ̰ʔ˨˩/, Ệệ /ḛʔ˨˩/, Ịị /ḭʔ˨˩/, Ọọ /ɔ̰ʔ˨˩/, Ộộ /o̰ʔ˨˩/, Ợợ /ə̰ːʔ˨˩/, Ụụ /ṵʔ˨˩/, Ựự /ɨ̰ʔ˨˩/, Ỵỵ /ḭʔ˨˩/	The dot below stands for low falling tone with creaky voice and a following glottal stop.[1] There are many exceptions to the phonemic values of these letters though.[2]
Lowered vowel	Yoruba (Crowther's alphabet)	Ẹẹ /ɛ̙/, Ọọ /ɔ̙/	In Yoruba these vowels are also accompanied by retracted tongue root. These letters were used in older forms of Yoruba orthography. See Vertical Line Below.
Raised vowel	Slovene (orthography with tonal accentuation)	Ẹẹ /e/, Ẹ́ẹ́ /éː/, Ẹ̀ẹ̀ /é/, Ẹ̏ẹ̏ /è/, Ẹ̑ẹ̑ or Ệệ /èː/, Ọọ /o/, Ọ́ọ́ /óː/, Ọ̀ọ̀ /ó/, Ọ̏ọ̏ /ò/, Ọ̑ọ̑ or Ộộ /òː/	These letters are not used in the standard orthography of Slovene, but in language materials.[3]
Other	ISO 15919 romanization of Indic scripts	Ṇṇ	Ṇṇ is used for transcribing the Indic diacritic anusvāra before retroflex consonants.[4]

See Also

• Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
• Natlang Uses of Dot Above