Breve Below
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Note that the breve below may be confused with circumflex below ◌̭.
Breve Below in Unicode
| ◌̮ | Ḫ | ḫ |
| U+032E | U+1E2A | U+1E2B |
| Combining Breve Below | Latin Capital Letter H With Breve Below | Latin Small Letter H With Breve Below |
| Note: May be confused with Combining Inverted Breve Below, ◌̯ (U+032F). |
Breve Below in Natlangs
| Usage | Language | Letters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet extension | Akkadian (DMG-umschrift transliteration), Ancient Egyptian (traditional transliteration) | Ḫḫ /x/ | Because Akkadian[1] and Ancient Egyptian[2] are extinct languages, the exact pronunciation can't be known for sure; so the phonemic representation here might not be entirely accurate. |
See Also
References
- ↑ See Akkadian language, Phonetics and phonology at Wikipedia for information about the uncertainty of Akkadian phonology. According to that article, Ḫḫ is a velar /x/, but Ḫ, also at Wikipedia, claims it is a uvular /χ/.
- ↑ See Egyptian language, Phonology at Wikipedia for information about the uncertainty of Egyptian phonology. According to the Wikipedia article Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian, Uniliteral signs, Ḫḫ is a velar /x/, but Egyptian language, Consonants, also at Wikipedia, claims it is a uvular /χ/.
