꞉

See also: [[|:]] [U+003A COLON], ˸ [U+02F8 MODIFIER LETTER RAISED COLON], ː [U+02D0 MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON], ׃ [U+05C3 HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ], ։ [U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP], ⁚ [U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION], and ∶ [U+2236 RATIO]

꞉ U+A789, ꞉ MODIFIER LETTER COLON ← ꞈ [U+A788] Latin Extended-D ꞊ → [U+A78A]

Translingual

Symbol

꞉

1. (NAPA) alternative form of ꞏ for vowel length (e.g. ⟨a꞉⟩).
2. A component of the vowel letters ⟨a꞉⟩ and ⟨o꞉⟩ in a number of languages Papua New Guinea (e.g. Gobasi ⟨Go꞉bosi⟩).

Derived terms

• a꞉, ä꞉, e꞉, ë꞉, ę꞉, i꞉, o꞉, ö꞉, ǫ꞉, u꞉

Budu

Letter

꞉

1. The grammatical tone marking past tense.

   See also ⟨꞊⟩.

Cayuga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ː/

Letter

꞉

1. Found in the Cayuga letters a꞉ e꞉ ę꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ǫ꞉.

Halkomelem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ː/

Letter

꞉ (no case)

1. (Stó꞉lō) A marker of long vowels and geminate consonants in the Halkomelem alphabet.

Usage notes

In the Musqueam alphabet, this is not used with consonants, and a꞉ e꞉ i꞉ u꞉ are considered separate letters.

See also

• Musqueam

• (Latin-script letters) c, c̓, č, h, k, kʷ, k̓ʷ, l, l̓, ƛ̓, ɬ, m, m̓, n, n̓, p, p̓, q, q̓, qʷ, q̓ʷ, s, š, t, t̓, t̓ᶿ, θ, w, w̓, x, xʷ, ꭓ, ꭓʷ, y, y̓, ʔ, a, a꞉, e, e꞉, i, i꞉, u, u꞉, ə

• Stó꞉lō

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lh lh, M n, O o, Ō ō, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Thʼ thʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, W w, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, ʼ, ꞉

• Cowichan

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Aa aa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, Ee ee, H h, Hw hw, I i, Ii ii, K k, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lʼ lʼ (ʼl), Lh lh, M m, Mʼ mʼ (ʼm), N n, Nʼ nʼ (ʼn), O o, Oo oo, Ou ou, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, Tth tth, Tthʼ tthʼ, U u, W w, Wʼ wʼ (ʼw), X x, Xw xw, Y y, Yʼ yʼ (ʼy), ʼ

Khoekhoe

Letter

꞉

1. (obsolete) the palatal click, modern ⟨ǂ⟩ (Besides the single letter, ⟨꞉⟩ is also used in digraphs for the palatal click consonants ⟨꞉k ꞉g ꞉n ꞉h ꞉kh ꞉ch⟩.)

   See also ꞏ, ʼ, ʻ.

Kiowa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ː/

Letter

꞉ (no case)

1. A mark of vowel length in the Kiowa alphabet.

Usage notes

Appears after the letter for nasalization. For example, IPA^(key): /õː/ is written ⟨on̶꞉⟩.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

Kuni-Boazi

Letter

꞉

1. A letter for vowel length in the Boazi alphabet.

Lhao Vo

Letter

꞉

1. Low lexical tone, on a syllable ending in a vowel or in any consonant but glottal stop.

Usage notes

A final glottal stop on a low-tone syllable is written ⟨;⟩.

Sabaot

Letter

꞉

1. The grammatical tone that marks a subject.

Seneca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ː/

Letter

꞉

1. Marks long vowels: a꞉ ä꞉ e꞉ ë꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ö꞉.

Yele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /◌̃/

Letter

꞉

1. Marks nasal vowels.

Derived terms

• Occurs in the short nasal vowels ꞉a ꞉â ꞉e ꞉ê ꞉i ꞉o ꞉u and the long nasal vowels ꞉aa ꞉ââ ꞉ee ꞉êê ꞉ii ꞉oo ꞉uu.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉