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| Ăă /a/, Ĕĕ /ə, i/, Ĭĭ /i/, L̆l̆ /l̩/, M̆m̆ /ŋ̍/, N̆n̆ /ŋ̍/, Ŏŏ /u, ə, a/, Ŭŭ /u/
| Ăă /a/, Ĕĕ /ə, i/, Ĭĭ /i/, L̆l̆ /l̩/, M̆m̆ /ŋ̍/, N̆n̆ /ŋ̍/, Ŏŏ /u, ə, a/, Ŭŭ /u/
| The breve here marks that the syllable is without accent, and that the actual tone of the syllable may start at varying heights depending on the environment. (See also [[Dot_Below#Dot_Below_in_Conlangs|Dot Below]] for another marking of accentless syllables in Inng.) Some of these accented letters only appear as part of a digraph when representing a certain sound.<ref name=inng>[[Inng#Transcription|Inng, Transcription]] at FrathWiki.</ref>
| The breve here marks that the syllable is without accent, and that the actual tone of the syllable may start at varying heights depending on the environment. (See also [[Dot_Below#Dot_Below_in_Conlangs|Dot Below]] for another marking of accentless syllables in Inng.) Some of these accented letters only appear as part of a digraph when representing a certain sound.<ref name=inng>[[Inng#Transcription|Inng, Transcription]] at FrathWiki.</ref>
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| [[Wikipedia:Central_vowel|Central vowel]]
| [[Songulda_language|Songulda]] (external romanization)
| [[User:Qwynegold|Qwynegold]]
| Ĭĭ /ɨ/
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Revision as of 05:38, 20 January 2015

Note that the breve is easily confused with the similar looking caron ˇ, especially in small font sizes.

Breve in Unicode

Characters with Breve
˘ ◌̆ Ă ă
U+02D8 U+0306 U+0102 U+0103 U+1EAE U+1EAF U+1EB0 U+1EB1 U+1EB2 U+1EB3 U+1EB4 U+1EB5 U+1EB6
Breve Combining Breve Latin Capital Letter A With Breve Latin Small Letter A With Breve Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Acute Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Acute Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Grave Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Grave Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Hook Above Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Hook Above Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Tilde Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Tilde Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Dot Below
Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ
U+1EB7 U+0114 U+0115 U+1E1C U+1E1D U+011E U+011F U+012C U+012D U+014E U+014F U+016C U+016D
Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Dot Below Latin Capital Letter E With Breve Latin Small Letter E With Breve Latin Capital Letter E With Cedilla And Breve Latin Small Letter E With Cedilla And Breve Latin Capital Letter G With Breve Latin Small Letter G With Breve Latin Capital Letter I With Breve Latin Small Letter I With Breve Latin Capital Letter O With Breve Latin Small Letter O With Breve Latin Capital Letter U With Breve Latin Small Letter U With Breve

Breve in Natlangs

Uses of Breve
Usage Language Letters Notes
Lax vowel Moldovan, Romanian Ăă /ə/
Short vowel Vietnamese Ăă /a˧/, Ắắ /a˧˥/, Ằằ /a̤˨˩/, Ẳẳ /a˧˩˧/, Ẵẵ /aˀ˧˥/, Ặặ /a̰ʔ˨˩/ Unaccented Aa generally stands for /aː/.[1]

Breve in Conlangs

Uses of Breve
Usage Language Creator Letters Notes
Absence of pitch accent Inng (external transcription) Qwynegold Ăă /a/, Ĕĕ /ə, i/, Ĭĭ /i/, L̆l̆ /l̩/, M̆m̆ /ŋ̍/, N̆n̆ /ŋ̍/, Ŏŏ /u, ə, a/, Ŭŭ /u/ The breve here marks that the syllable is without accent, and that the actual tone of the syllable may start at varying heights depending on the environment. (See also Dot Below for another marking of accentless syllables in Inng.) Some of these accented letters only appear as part of a digraph when representing a certain sound.[2]
Central vowel Songulda (external romanization) Qwynegold Ĭĭ /ɨ/

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