Double Grave Accent
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The double grave accent is not part of the orthography of any language, but it is used in language learning materials of and linguistic publications about Serbian, Croatian and Slovene.[1]
Double Grave Accent in Unicode
| ˵ | ◌̏ | Ȁ | ȁ | Ȅ | ȅ | Ȉ | ȉ | Ȍ | ȍ | Ȑ | ȑ | Ȕ |
| U+02F5 | U+030F | U+0200 | U+0201 | U+0204 | U+0205 | U+0208 | U+0209 | U+020C | U+020D | U+0210 | U+0211 | U+0214 |
| Modifier Letter Middle Double Grave Accent | Combining Double Grave Accent | Latin Capital Letter A With Double Grave | Latin Small Letter A With Double Grave | Latin Capital Letter E With Double Grave | Latin Small Letter E With Double Grave | Latin Capital Letter I With Double Grave | Latin Small Letter I With Double Grave | Latin Capital Letter O With Double Grave | Latin Small Letter O With Double Grave | Latin Capital Letter R With Double Grave | Latin Small Letter R With Double Grave | Latin Capital Letter U With Double Grave |
| ȕ | ||||||||||||
| U+0215 | ||||||||||||
| Latin Small Letter U With Double Grave |
Double Grave Accent in Natlangs
| Usage | Language | Letters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short vowel with pitch accent or tone | Croatian, Serbian | Ȁȁ /â/, Ȅȅ /ê/, Ȉȉ /î/, Ȍȍ /ô/, Ȑȑ /r̩̂/, Ȕȕ /û/ | The double grave accent marks here a short vowel with falling pitch.[2] |
| Slovene (orthography with tonal accentuation) | Ȁȁ /à/, Ȅȅ /ɛ̀/, Ẹ̏ẹ̏ /è/, Ȉȉ /ì/, Ȍȍ /ɔ̀/, Ọ̏ọ̏ /ò/, Ȑȑ /ə̀ɾ/, Ȕȕ /ù/ | The double grave accent marks that the vowels are short and have low tone. These letters are not used in the standard orthography of Slovene, but in language materials.[3] |
See Also
References
- ↑ Double grave accent at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Serbo-Croatian phonology, Pitch accent at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Slovene language, Prosody at Wikipedia.
