Dot Above

The dot above diacritic is also known as overdot, or anusvāra in Indic context.

Dot Above in Unicode

Characters with Dot Above

˙

◌̇

Ȧ

ȧ

Ǡ

ǡ

Ḃ

ḃ

Ċ

ċ

Ḋ

ḋ

Ė

U+02D9

U+0307

U+0226

U+0227

U+01E0

U+01E1

U+1E02

U+1E03

U+010A

U+010B

U+1E0A

U+1E0B

U+0116

Dot Above

Combining Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter A With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter A With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter A With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Small Letter A With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Capital Letter B With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter B With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter C With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter C With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter D With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter D With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter E With Dot Above

ė

Ḟ

ḟ

Ġ

ġ

Ḣ

ḣ

İ

i

Ṁ

ṁ

Ṅ

ṅ

U+0117

U+1E1E

U+1E1F

U+0120

U+0121

U+1E22

U+1E23

U+0130

U+0069

​ U+1E40

U+1E41

U+1E44

U+1E45

Latin Small Letter E With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter F With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter F With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter G With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter G With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter H With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter H With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter I With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter I

Latin Capital Letter M With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter M With Dot Above

​ Latin Capital Letter N With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter N With Dot Above

Note: In most languages i is the lower case version of I, but in Turkish İ and i resp. I and ı go together. If Turkish case is used, you need to make sure that various software handles that correctly. For example dictionaries need to sort the letters in the right order.

Ȯ

ȯ

Ȱ

ȱ

Ṗ

ṗ

Ṙ

ṙ

Ṡ

ṡ

ẛ

Ṥ

ṥ

U+022E

U+022F

U+0230

U+0231

U+1E56

U+1E57

U+1E58

U+1E59

U+1E60

U+1E61

U+1E9B

U+1E64

U+1E65

Latin Capital Letter O With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter O With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter O With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Small Letter O With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Capital Letter P With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter P With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter R With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter R With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter S With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter S With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter Long S With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter S With Acute And Dot Above

Latin Small Letter S With Acute And Dot Above

Ṧ

ṧ

Ṩ

ṩ

Ṫ

ṫ

Ẇ

ẇ

Ẋ

ẋ

Ẏ

ẏ

Ż

U+1E66

U+1E67

U+1E68

U+1E69

U+1E6A

U+1E6B

U+1E86

U+1E87

U+1E8A

U+1E8B

U+1E8E

U+1E8F

U+017B

Latin Capital Letter S With Caron And Dot Above

Latin Small Letter S With Caron And Dot Above

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 Above

Latin Small Letter T With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter W With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter W With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter X With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter X With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter Y With Dot Above

Latin Small Letter Y With Dot Above

Latin Capital Letter Z With Dot Above

ż

U+017C

Latin Small Letter Z With Dot Above

Dot Above in Natlangs

Uses of Dot Above

Use	Language	Letters	Notes
Change of place of articulation	ISO 15919 romanization of Gurmukhī	Ṁṁ /ŋ/	Ṁṁ is realized as [m] before certain consonants.
	Venda	Ṅṅ /ŋ/	There is also a digraph Ṅw ṅw /ŋʷ/, but it is not considered a separate letter in the alphabet.
Fricative consonant	Arabic (DIN 31635 romanization, ISO 233 romanization)	Ġġ /ɣ/
	Arabic (Hans Wehr romanization)	ġ /ɣ~ɡ/	ġ was replaced by ḡ in the fourth edition of this romanization scheme. The pronunciation of this letter varies depending on dialect. Hans Wehr romanization does not include capital letters.
Front version of back vowel	Turkish	İi /i/	Iı stands for /ɯ/.
Raised vowel	Livonian	Ȯȯ /ʊ/, Ȱȱ /ʊː/
Retroflex consonant	Polish	Dż dż /d͡ʐ/, Żż /ʐ/	These sounds are laminal postalveolar, rather than "true retroflex".
Other	ISO 15919 romanization of Indic scripts	Ṁṁ, Ṅṅ	Ṅṅ is used for transcribing the Indic diacritic anusvāra before velar consonants. Ṁṁ is used for a simplified romanization of anusvāra in all positions.

Dot Above in Conlangs

Uses of Dot Above

Usage	Language	Creator	Letters	Notes
Stress	Seebee	Qwynegold	ġ /ˈɡ/, ṗ /ˈp/	Normally a dot is placed below the first letter of a stressed syllable, but in the case of lower case g and p, it is placed above to avoid it being obscured by the descender.

See Also

• Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
• Dot Below
• Middle Dot
• Transliteration of Arabic (Pedersen, Thomas. 2008.) has a concise list of comparisons between DIN 31635, ISO 233, ISO/R 233, UNGEGN, ALA-LC, and The Encyclopedia of Islam romanizations of Arabic.