Tilde Below

This is the lower counterpart of Tilde. The tilde below is used in IPA to indicate creaky voice.

Tilde Below in Unicode

Characters with Tilde Below

˷	◌̰	Ḛ	ḛ	Ḭ	ḭ	Ṵ	ṵ
U+02F7	U+0330	U+1E1A	U+1E1B	U+1E2C	U+1E2D	U+1E74	U+1E75
Modifier Letter Low Tilde	Combining Tilde Below	Latin Capital Letter E With Tilde Below	Latin Small Letter E With Tilde Below	Latin Capital Letter I With Tilde Below	Latin Small Letter I With Tilde Below	Latin Capital Letter U With Tilde Below	Latin Small Letter U With Tilde Below

Tilde Below in Natlangs

Uses of Tilde Below

Usage	Language	Letters	Notes
Nasalization	Zarma	A̰a̰ /ã/, Ḛḛ /ẽ/, Ḭḭ /ĩ/, O̰o̰ /õ/, Ṵṵ /ũ/	Nasalization may also be indicated with a tilde above the vowel, or with n or ŋ following the vowel, though tilde below is official. Zarma has tones written with diacritics above the letter, so possibly the reason for using tilde below is to avoid diacritics clashing. Note that A̰a̰ and O̰o̰ are not precomposed characters.

Tilde Below in Phonetic Transcriptions

Uses of Tilde Below

Use	Transcription system	Characters	Notes
Creaky voice	IPA	◌̰

See Also

• Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
• Tilde