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(Redirected from 𐞁)
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Character variations
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The IPA colon isn't necessarily triangular. This typeface is Doulos SIL, one of four approved by the IPA. |
See also: : [U+003A COLON], ꞉ [U+A789 MODIFIER LETTER COLON], ∶ [U+2236 RATIO], ⁚ [U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION], ։ [U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP], and ׃ [U+05C3 HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ]
Translingual
[edit]Design
[edit]A letter colon, i.e. ⟨꞉⟩, made triangular to be more distinct from the punctuation colon.
Symbol
[edit]ː
- (IPA) long (e.g. a long vowel [aː], a geminate consonant [pː]).
- (superscript ⟨𐞁⟩, IPA) extension of the feature indicated by a diacritic (e.g. a highly aspirated consonant [kʰ𐞁]).
Usage notes
[edit]The symbol may be doubled to indicate an extra-long segment: [aːː], [pːː] or (as a superscript) [qʰ𐞁𐞁].
The colon may carry diacritics, e.g. for tone in [sáː̀] (falling tone on a long vowel) or nasalization in [saː̃]. See length (phonetics).
A superscript colon is used for example in [kʰ𐞁], a [k] with longer aspiration than [pʰ] and [tʰ𐞂]. The diacritic may instead be doubled, i.e. [kʰʰ], but that allows only a two-way distinction.
Further reading
[edit]- colon (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia