Natlang Uses of Inverted Breve

The inverted breve is also known as an arch. Note that it may easily be confused with circumflex, ˆ. The inverted breve is not part of the orthography of any language, but it is used in linguistic materials about Serbian, Croatian and Slovene.[1] It was derived from the circumflex in Ancient Greek.[2]

Inverted Breve in Unicode

Precomposed Letters with Inverted Breve

◌̑

Ȃ

ȃ

Ȇ

ȇ

Ȋ

ȋ

Ȏ

ȏ

Ȓ

ȓ

Ȗ

ȗ

U+0311

U+0202

U+0203

U+0206

U+0207

U+020A

U+020B

U+020E

U+020F

U+0212

U+0213

U+0216

U+0217

Combining Inverted Breve

Latin Capital Letter A With Inverted Breve

Latin Small Letter A With Inverted Breve

Latin Capital Letter E With Inverted Breve

Latin Small Letter E With Inverted Breve

Latin Capital Letter I With Inverted Breve

Latin Small Letter I With Inverted Breve

Latin Capital Letter O With Inverted Breve

Latin Small Letter O With Inverted Breve

Latin Capital Letter R With Inverted Breve

Latin Small Letter R With Inverted Breve

Latin Capital Letter U With Inverted Breve

Latin Small Letter U With Inverted Breve

Natlang Examples

Uses of Inverted Breve

Usage	Language	Letters	Notes
Long vowel with pitch accent	Croatian, Serbian	Ȃȃ /âː/, Ȇȇ /êː/, Ȋȋ /îː/, Ȏȏ /ôː/, Ȓȓ /r̩̂ː/, Ȗȗ /ûː/	The inverted breve marks a long vowel with falling pitch. These letters are not used in the standard orthography of Croatian or Serbian, but in linguistic materials.[3]
	Slovene (orthography with tonal accentuation)	Ȃȃ /àː/, Ȇȇ /ɛ̀ː/, Ẹ̑ẹ̑ /èː/, Ȋȋ /ìː/, Ȏȏ /ɔ̀ː/, Ọ̑ọ̑ /òː/, Ȗȗ /ùː/	The inverted breve marks a long vowel with low pitch. Circumflex may be used instead of the inverted breve. These letters are not used in the standard orthography of Slovene, but in language materials.[4]