Ŭ or ŭ is a letter in the Belarusian language, when written in the 20th cent. The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova form of the Belarusian Latin alphabet, and is also a letter in the Esperanto alphabet. The Belarusian Latin alphabet (also known as Latsinka (in BGN/PCGN) or Łacinka (in itself from лацінка, informal for the Latin alphabet Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters with upper and lower case The accent mark (diacritic) is known as a breve. A diacritic ( also called a diacritic or diacritical mark, point, or sign, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation Length The breve sign indicates a short vowel as opposed to the Macron ¯ which indicates long vowels in academic transcription
This letter should not be confused with u-caron, which is used to indicate u in the third tone of Chinese language pinyin. Names Usage differs as to the name of this diacritic In the field of typography the term "caron" seems to be more popular Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Compare Ǔ ǔ (caron) with Ŭ ŭ (breve).
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Belarusian
The letter ŭ is called non-syllabic u (romanised: u nyeskladovaye) in Belarusian, because while resembling vowel u it doesn't form syllables. A syllable ( Greek:) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds It represents a sonorant bilabial fricative consonant[1] in diphthongs such as aŭ, eŭ, oŭ; it is equivalent to IPA: [u̯]. In Phonetics and Phonology, a sonorant is a Speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the Vocal tract. A bilabial fricative is a Phone whose Place of articulation is Bilabial (with both lips and whose Manner of articulation is Fricative In Phonetics, a diphthong (also gliding vowel) (from Greek grc δίφθογγος "diphthongos" literally "with two sounds" or "with Its Cyrillic counterpart is ў. Short U (Ў ў is a letter of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet.
See also: Belarusian alphabet, Belarusian Latin alphabet. The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language The Belarusian Latin alphabet (also known as Latsinka (in BGN/PCGN) or Łacinka (in itself from лацінка, informal for the Latin alphabet
Esperanto
Ŭ also represents a semivowel in Esperanto orthography, which was devised in the late 19th century. is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world Esperanto is a constructed auxiliary language. A highly regular grammar makes Esperanto much easier to learn than most other languages of the world though The creator of Esperanto, L L Zamenhof, did not specify phonemic-phonetic correspondences for his language Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters with upper and lower case The word base of Esperanto was originally defined by Lingvo internacia published by Zamenhof in 1887 Esperanto Vocabulary and grammatical forms derive primarily from the Romance languages, with lesser contributions from Germanic. The constructed International auxiliary language Esperanto was developed in the 1870s and 80s by L Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof (ˈzɑːmɨnhɒf in English born Eliezer Samenhof December 15 1859 &ndash April 14 1917 was an ophthalmologist, Philologist Proto-Esperanto (or pra-Esperanto in the language itself is the modern term for any of the stages in the evolution of L The Unua Libro ( First Book) was the first publication to describe the international language Esperanto (then called Lingvo Internacia, "international The Declaration of Boulogne ( Bulonja Deklaracio) was a document written by L The Fundamento de Esperanto ("Foundation of Esperanto" is a book by L The Montevideo Resolution is the common name for Resolution IV The Prague Manifesto (or Manifesto de Prago) is a set of seven widely-shared principles of the Esperanto movement The language Esperanto is often used to access an international Culture, including a large body of original as well as translated literature. An Esperantist is a person who speaks or uses Esperanto. Etymologically an Esperantist is someone who hopes Esperantujo or Esperantio is a term (meaning "Esperantoland" used by speakers of the constructed international auxiliary language Esperanto Feature films There are four Feature films known to have been shot exclusively in the Constructed language Esperanto. "La Espero" ("The Hope" is a poem written by L The following Esperanto libraries and collections of works in the Esperanto language are worthy of note The Montagu Butler Library of Esperanto materials Esperanto literature began before the official publication of the Constructed language Esperanto; the language's creator L Esperanto music is Music written recorded and performed in Esperanto, a Constructed language used for international Communication. Native Esperanto speakers (in Esperanto denaskuloj) are born into families in which Esperanto (and usually other languages is spoken References to Esperanto, a Constructed language, have been made in a number of films and novels Since the earliest days of Esperanto, the colour Green has been used as a symbol of mutual recognition and it appears prominently in all Esperanto symbols Zamenhof Day ( Zamenhofa Tago in Esperanto) is celebrated on December 15, the Birthday of Esperanto creator L This is a list of Esperanto organizations World Esperanto Association World Esperanto Association ( Universala Esperanto-Asocio or UEA - Site Summer School The Australian Esperanto Association (AEA hosts a summer school of the International language Esperanto for one or two weeks each year The Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB is a registered educational charity whose objective is to advance the education of the public in the International language Junularo Esperantista Brita (JEB is the organisation for young Esperanto-speakers in the United Kingdom. SATEB (Workers’ Esperanto Movement is the British affiliate of the non-nationalist world organisation SAT ( Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda) which is a world-wide worker movement The Canadian Esperanto Association ( Kanada Esperanto-Asocio in Esperanto or KEA is a registered educational charity whose objective is to advance the education The Quebec Esperanto Society (in Esperanto Esperanto-Societo Kebekia; in French Société québécoise d'espéranto) is the main association The Esperanto League for North America d/b/a Esperanto-USA, or E-USA, is the main organization of speakers and supporters of the international language Esperanto This is a list of Esperanto organizations World Esperanto Association World Esperanto Association ( Universala Esperanto-Asocio or UEA - Site Amikeca Reto ('Friendship Network' is a directory of people around the world who do not necessarily want to host other Esperanto speakers but want to work together and exchange The Akademio de Esperanto (Academy of Esperanto is an independent body intended to control the evolution of the language Esperanto by keeping it consistent with the Encyclopedia of Esperanto may refer to three different attempts of creating an encyclopedia of all Esperanto topics The Pasporta Servo ( Passport Service) is a Hospitality service for speakers of the language Esperanto. The Breton village of Plouézec (in French) or Ploueg-ar-Mor (in Breton) has hosted an International Meeting annually since 1997 TEJO is the Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, or World Esperanto Youth Organization. The World Esperanto Association (in Esperanto UEA: Universala Esperanto-Asocio) is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda ( SAT; in English World Anational Non-National Association) is an independent worldwide cultural Esperanto association of a The World Congress of Esperanto (in Esperanto Universala Kongreso de Esperanto) has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions with The International Youth Congress of Esperanto or Internacia Junulara Kongreso is the biggest annual meeting of young esperantists in the world and participants usually number The Esperanto Congress of the Americas (in Esperanto Tut-Amerika Kongreso de Esperanto or TAKE was begun as an irregular meeting of Esperanto speakers in the Americas The Skolta Esperanto Ligo brings together Esperanto speaking Scouts from all over the world Esperantido is the term used within the Esperanto and Constructed language communities to describe a language project based on or inspired by Esperanto The propaedeutic value of Esperanto is the benefit that using Esperanto as an introduction to foreign language study has on the teaching of subsequent foreign languages Reformed Esperanto was a reformed version of Esperanto created in 1894 This article attempts to highlight the main differences between Esperanto and Ido, two Constructed languages that have a related past but have since parted Esperanto and Interlingua are two planned languages which have taken radically different approaches to the problem of providing an International auxiliary language Alphabet and Pronunciation Both Esperanto and Novial are written using versions of the Latin alphabet. An international auxiliary language (sometimes abbreviated as IAL or auxlang) or interlanguage is a Language meant for communication between people from A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar Ido (ˈiːdoʊ is a Constructed language created with the goal of becoming a universal second language for speakers of different linguistic backgrounds as a language easier Interlingua is an International auxiliary language (IAL developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA Novial ("new" + ''IAL International Auxiliary Language'' is a constructed International auxiliary language (IAL intended to facilitate international Volapük (volaˈpyk or ˈvɒləpʊk in English is a Constructed language, created in 1879-1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest Signuno, or Signed Exact Esperanto, is a manual encoding of Esperanto proposed by an anonymous author with Gestuno roots modified for Esperanto morphology Anationalism (Esperanto sennaciismo is a term originating from the community of Esperanto speakers Semivowels — also known as glides or non-syllabic vowels —are Vowels that form Diphthongs with full syllabic vowels Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters with upper and lower case The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar As in Belarusian, Esperanto Ŭ is pronounced as a non-syllabic close back vowel (IPA: [u̯]) in the diphthongs aŭ and eŭ. The close back rounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents In Phonetics, a diphthong (also gliding vowel) (from Greek grc δίφθογγος "diphthongos" literally "with two sounds" or "with
There is a hypothesis that the Esperanto letter was derived from Belarusian, which may be corroborated by the fact that the Cyrillic letter "Ў" (Cyrillic U with breve) was proposed by P. Length The breve sign indicates a short vowel as opposed to the Macron ¯ which indicates long vowels in academic transcription A. Bessonov in 1870[2]. It is of course also possible that Ŭ developed independently in both Esperanto and Belarusian.
In some Esperanto literature (usually humorous), the letter replaces the English w in onomatopoeia, as "ŭomp!" for "womp!"
Other uses
It is also a letter in some philological transcriptions of Latin, denoting a short U. Onomatopoeia (also spelled onomatopœia, from Greek: ονοματοποιΐα is a Word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. In Linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a Vowel sound The McCune-Reischauer Romanization of Korean uses "ŭ" to signify the close back unrounded vowel in 으. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system The close back unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents It is also used in ISO 15919 to transcribe the Malayalam language's samvṛtōkāram. ISO 15919 Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters is an international standard for the Transliteration of Indic scripts to the Not to be confused with the Malay language. Malayalam (മലയാളം malayāḷaṁ) is a Dravidian language used
See also
- Esperanto alphabet
- Short U (Ў, ў) used in Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet
- Breve
Notes
- ^ E. Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters with upper and lower case Short U (Ў ў is a letter of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet. Length The breve sign indicates a short vowel as opposed to the Macron ¯ which indicates long vowels in academic transcription g. , per Беларуская мова: Вучэб. дапам. / Э. Д. Блінава, Н. В. Гаўрош, М. Ц. Кавалёва і інш. ; Пад рэд. М. С. Яўневіча. — Мн. : Выш. школа, 1991. ISBN 5-339-00539-9.
- ^ Булыка (Bulyka). У нескладовае // Энцыклапедыя літаратуры і мастацтва Беларусі. Т. 4. p. 377.
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