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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/> | | 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 | | This comes from a diphthong /uo/, where the /o/ was sometimes written as a ring above the Uu. A sound change then turned /uo/ into /uː/.<ref name=u_ring>[[Wikipedia:Czech_orthography#Letter_Ů|Czech orthography, Letter Ů]] at Wikipedia.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 03:40, 14 January 2015
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
| ˚ | ◌̊ | 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
| 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. A sound change then turned /uo/ into /uː/.[3] |
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Å at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Ring (diacritic), Ring above at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Czech orthography, Letter Ů at Wikipedia.
