| Â | â |
| Ấ | ấ |
| Ầ | ầ |
| Ẩ | ẩ |
| Ẫ | ẫ |
| Ậ | ậ |
| Ĉ | ĉ |
| Ḓ | ḓ |
| Ê | ê |
| Ḙ | ḙ |
| Ế | ế |
| Ề | ề |
| Ể | ể |
| Ễ | ễ |
| Ệ | ệ |
| Ĝ | ĝ |
| Ĥ | ĥ |
| Î | î |
| Ĵ | ĵ |
| Ḽ | ḽ |
| Ṋ | ṋ |
| Ô | ô |
| Ố | ố |
| Ồ | ồ |
| Ổ | ổ |
| Ỗ | ỗ |
| Ộ | ộ |
| Ŝ | ŝ |
| Ṱ | ṱ |
| Û | û |
| Ṷ | ṷ |
| Ŵ | ŵ |
| Ŷ | ŷ |
| Ẑ | ẑ |
The circumflex (ˆ) (often mistakenly also called a "caret", from a non-diacritical sign with similar shape (^); also "hat" or "uppen") is a diacritic mark used in written Croatian, French, Frisian, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Romanized Japanese, Romanized Persian, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, Afrikaans, Turkish and other languages. Â, â ( A - Circumflex) is a letter of the Romanian and Vietnamese alphabets Â, â ( A - Circumflex) is a letter of the Romanian and Vietnamese alphabets Â, â ( A - Circumflex) is a letter of the Romanian and Vietnamese alphabets Â, â ( A - Circumflex) is a letter of the Romanian and Vietnamese alphabets Â, â ( A - Circumflex) is a letter of the Romanian and Vietnamese alphabets Â, â ( A - Circumflex) is a letter of the Romanian and Vietnamese alphabets Ĉ or ĉ (C Circumflex) is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiceless Postalveolar Affricate Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable Ê, ê ( E - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Vietnamese language. Ê, ê ( E - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Vietnamese language. Ê, ê ( E - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Vietnamese language. Ê, ê ( E - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Vietnamese language. Ê, ê ( E - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Vietnamese language. Ê, ê ( E - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Vietnamese language. The grapheme Č (Latin C with Háček) is used in various contexts usually denoting the Voiceless postalveolar affricate Consonant not unlike Ĥ, or ĥ is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiceless velar fricative or Voiceless uvular fricative. Î, î ( I - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Romanian language. Ĵ or ĵ (J Circumflex) is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiced Postalveolar Fricative Ṛ ( minuscule: ṛ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from R with the addition of a dot below the letter Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable The Vietnamese alphabet has the following 29 letters in collating order Description The Vietnamese alphabet called Chữ Quốc Ngữ The Vietnamese alphabet has the following 29 letters in collating order Description The Vietnamese alphabet called Chữ Quốc Ngữ The Vietnamese alphabet has the following 29 letters in collating order Description The Vietnamese alphabet called Chữ Quốc Ngữ The Vietnamese alphabet has the following 29 letters in collating order Description The Vietnamese alphabet called Chữ Quốc Ngữ The Vietnamese alphabet has the following 29 letters in collating order Description The Vietnamese alphabet called Chữ Quốc Ngữ Ŝ or ŝ (S Circumflex) is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiceless postalveolar fricative (either Palato-alveolar Û is used in the ISO 91995 system of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю. Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable Caret is the name for the symbol ^ in ASCII and some other Character sets Its Unicode code point is U+005E and its ASCII code in hexadecimal is 5E Caret is the name for the symbol ^ in ASCII and some other Character sets Its Unicode code point is U+005E and its ASCII code in hexadecimal is 5E A diacritic ( also called a diacritic or diacritical mark, point, or sign, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people West Frisian ( Frysk) is a Language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland ( Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands. is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) The romanization of Japanese or ( is the use of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. Transliteration Transliteration (in the strict sense attempts to be a complete representation of the original writing so that an informed reader should be able to reconstruct Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. It received its English name from Latin circumflexus (bent about)—a translation of the Greek περισπωμένη (perispomeni). Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. In French, it usually denotes the absence of a trailing "s" (as in côte, which means coast in English).
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Pitch
The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules) on the accented syllable of a word, on long vowels, and where there was a rise and then a fall in pitch. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c In Linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a Vowel sound Pitch accent is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a Syllable Sometimes it takes on the form of a tilde or inverted breve. The tilde (~ (/ˈtɪldə/ is a Grapheme with several uses The name of the character comes from Spanish, from the Latin titulus Length The breve sign indicates a short vowel as opposed to the Macron ¯ which indicates long vowels in academic transcription Since Modern Greek has a stress accent instead of a pitch accent, this diacritic has been replaced with an acute accent in the modern monotonic orthography. Modern Greek (el Νέα Ελληνικά or el Νεοελληνική lit In Linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain Syllables in a word History An early precursor of the acute accent was the apex, used in Latin inscriptions to mark long vowels.
Length
The circumflex accent marks a long vowel in the orthography or transliteration of several languages. In Linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a Vowel sound The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific Writing system to write the language Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice
- Akkadian. In the transliteration of this language, the circumflex indicates a long vowel resulting from an aleph contraction. is the reconstructed name of the first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, continued in descended Semitic alphabets as Phoenician
- French. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The circumflex is used on â, ê, î, ô, û, and, in some varieties of the language, such as in Belgian pronunciation, these vowels are often long; fête "party" is longer than fait "fact". See also below.
- Standard Friulian. Friulian ( or affectionately marilenghe in Friulian friulano in Italian) (also Eastern Ladin) is a Romance language belonging
- Japanese. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities In the Kunrei-shiki system of Romanization, and occasionally in the Hepburn system (as a surrogate for the macron). is a Romanization system ie a system for transcribing the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet. The romanization of Japanese or ( is the use of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. The is named after James Curtis Hepburn, who used it to transcribe the sounds of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet in the third edition of his Japanese–English A macron, from Greek el μακρόv ( makrón) meaning "long" is a Diacritic ¯ placed over or under a Vowel which was originally
- Jèrriais. Jèrriais is the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France.
- Turkish. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. According to Turkish Language Association orthography, düzeltme işareti ("correction mark") over a and u is primarily used to indicate a long vowel on a basis of disambiguation. The Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu - TDK is the official regulatory body of the Turkish language, founded on July 12, 1932 and In Linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a Vowel sound For example ama (but) against âmâ (blind), şura (that place, there) against şûra (council). Although official, the required system is complex and younger generations gradually decline using it. [1]
- Welsh. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic The circumflex is colloquially known as the to bach ("little roof"). It lengthens a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, w, y), and is used particularly to differentiate between homographs; e. In linguistics a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings and are usually spelled differently g. tan and tân, ffon and ffôn, pin and pîn, gem and gêm, cyn and cŷn, or gwn and gŵn.
In Old Tupi, the circumflex indicated a semivowel. Old Tupi or Classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who lived close Semivowels — also known as glides or non-syllabic vowels —are Vowels that form Diphthongs with full syllabic vowels
Height
The circumflex is also used to indicate the relative height of some vowels:
- Portuguese â /ɐ/, ê /e/, and ô /o/ are higher vowels than á /a/, é /ɛ/, and ó /ɔ/, respectively. In Phonetics, a vowel is a Sound in spoken Language, such as English ah! or oh!, pronounced with an open Vocal tract Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The circumflex is only used on stressed vowels. In Linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain Syllables in a word
- Vietnamese â /ɐ/, ê /e/, and ô /o/ are higher vowels than a /ɑ/, e /ɛ/, and o /ɔ/. Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) The circumflex can appear together with a tone mark on the same vowel, as in the word Việt Nam. A tonal language is a language that uses tone to distinguish words Vowels with circumflex are considered separate letters from the base vowels.
Letter extension
- In Bulgarian, when transliterated with the Latin alphabet (in systems used prior to 1989), the sound represented in Bulgarian by 'â', although called a schwa (misleadingly suggesting an unstressed lax sound), is more accurately described as a mid back unrounded vowel /ɤ/. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group In Linguistics, specifically Phonetics and Phonology, schwa can mean the following An unstressed and toneless neutral The close-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ɤ Unlike English or French, but similar to Romanian and Afrikaans, it can be stressed. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in The Cyrillic letter 'ъ' (er goljam) is often transliterated as 'â' or sometimes as a 'ŭ', often it is just written as 'a' or 'u'.
- In Chichewa, ŵ denotes the voiced bilabial fricative /β/, hence the name of the country Malaŵi. Chichewa ( Chicheŵa in Malawian English, also known as C(hinyanja) is a Language of the Bantu language family widely spoken in south-central The voiced bilabial fricative is a type of Consonantal sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The Republic of Malawi (məˈlɑːwi or; formerly Nyasaland) is in southern Africa.
- In Esperanto, it is used on ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ. is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world Ĉ or ĉ (C Circumflex) is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiceless Postalveolar Affricate The grapheme Č (Latin C with Háček) is used in various contexts usually denoting the Voiceless postalveolar affricate Consonant not unlike Ĥ, or ĥ is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiceless velar fricative or Voiceless uvular fricative. Ĵ or ĵ (J Circumflex) is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiced Postalveolar Fricative Ŝ or ŝ (S Circumflex) is a Consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a Voiceless postalveolar fricative (either Palato-alveolar It indicates a completely different consonant from the unaccented form, and is considered a separate letter for purposes of collation. See Esperanto orthography. Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters with upper and lower case
- In pinyin romanized Mandarin Chinese, the circumflex occurs only on ê, which is used to represent the sound /ɛ/ in isolation. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan This sound occurs rarely and is only used as an exclamation.
- In Romanian, the circumflex is used on the vowels â and î to mark the vowel /ɨ/, similar to Russian yery. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Yery or Yeru (Ы ы usually called ы in modern Russian) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. The names of these accented letters are â din a and î din i, respectively. Note: the letter â appears only in the middle of words; thus, its majuscule version appears only in all-capitals inscriptions. Capital letters or majuscules pronunciation /məˈdʒʌskyuls ˈmædʒəˌskyuls/ in the Roman alphabet A, B, C, D,
- In Slovak, the circumflex (vokáň) turns the letter o into a diphthong ô /wo/. The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian"
Other regular uses
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accent
breve ( ˘ )
hook / dấu hỏi ( ̉ ) |
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- In Afrikaans it simply marks a vowel with an irregular pronunciation, without indicating precisely what this pronunciation might be. A diacritic ( also called a diacritic or diacritical mark, point, or sign, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation History An early precursor of the acute accent was the apex, used in Latin inscriptions to mark long vowels. The double acute accent ( ˝) is a Diacritic mark of the Latin script used primarily in written Hungarian. Pitch The grave accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred only on the last syllable of a word in cases where the See also Grave accent Double acute accent International Phonetic Alphabet Length The breve sign indicates a short vowel as opposed to the Macron ¯ which indicates long vowels in academic transcription Names Usage differs as to the name of this diacritic In the field of typography the term "caron" seems to be more popular Diaeresis or trema See also Diaeresis History Historically the diaeresis mark or trema is far older than the umlaut mark Overdot See also Anusvara Language scripts or transcription schemes that use the dot above a letter as a diacritical mark In Arabic romanization Anusvara (Dev अनुस्वार anusvāra) is the diacritic used to mark a type of Nasalization used in a number of Indic languages. Anusvara (Dev अनुस्वार anusvāra) is the diacritic used to mark a type of Nasalization used in a number of Indic languages. This article is about chandrabindu the character in several Brahmi derived scripts See also Horn (diacritic Ɓ ɓ Ƈ ƈ Ɗ ɗ Ɠ ɠ See also Ơ Ư Hook (diacritic Acute accent Apostrophe A macron, from Greek el μακρόv ( makrón) meaning "long" is a Diacritic ¯ placed over or under a Vowel which was originally The ogonek ( Polish for "little tail" the Diminutive of ogon) is a Diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the A ring Diacritic may appear above or below letters It may be combined with some letters of the extended Latin alphabets in various contexts The spiritus asper ( Latin for "rough breathing" δασὺ πνεῦμα dasỳ pneûma or daseîa) is a diacritical mark used in A bar or stroke is a modification consisting of a line drawn through a Grapheme. A comma ( , is a Punctuation mark It has the same shape as an Apostrophe or single closing Quotation mark in many typefaces but it differs A hyphen ( -) is a Punctuation mark It is used for both Words to join and to separate Syllables It is often confused with the dashes The tilde (~ (/ˈtɪldə/ is a Grapheme with several uses The name of the character comes from Spanish, from the Latin titulus Titlo is an extended Diacritic symbol first used in Old Cyrillic manuscripts e Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in Examples of circumflex use in Afrikaans are sê (to say), wêreld (world), môre (tomorrow) and brûe (bridges).
- In Croatian it is mostly found above the letter a. Its function is to distinguish homophones. Examples include sam (am) versus sâm (alone). Thus the correct translation of "I am alone" is Ja sam sâm. There is no difference in pronunciation though. Another example: da (yes), dâ (gives).
- In French, it generally marks the former presence of the letter s in the spelling of the word – for example, hôpital (hospital), hôtel (hostel), forêt (forest), rôtir (to roast), côte (coast), pâte (paste). French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Since the older spelling is often one on which English words are based, as in the foregoing examples, the circumflex provides a helpful guide to Anglophone readers of French. Fenêtre (window), for instance, is derived from the Latin word fenestra. Certain close homophones are distinguished by the circumflex, for instance cote ("level", "mark") and côte ("rib" or "coast"). The letter ê is also normally pronounced open, like è. The open-mid vowels make a class of Vowel sounds used in some spoken Languages The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned In the usual pronunciations of central and northern France, ô is pronounced close, like eau; in Southern France, no distinction is made between close and open o. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A close-mid vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds A close-mid vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds The open-mid vowels make a class of Vowel sounds used in some spoken Languages The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned See also Use of the circumflex in French. The Circumflex (^ is one of the five Diacritics used in the French language.
- In Turkish, the circumflex over a and u is used to indicate when a preceding consonant (k, g, l) is to be pronounced as a palatal plosive; [c], [ɟ] (kâğıt, gâvur, mahkûm, Gülgûn) or alveolar lateral [l] (Elâzığ, Halûk). Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Palatal consonants are Consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the Hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth The alveolar lateral approximant is a type of Consonantal sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents The circumflex over i is used to indicate a nisba suffix (millî, dinî). Arabic is a Semitic language See Arabic language for more information on the language in general
- In Welsh, the circumflex, apart from being used as a lengthening sign (see above), is sometimes used with plural forms, notably where the singular ends in an a, to indicate the stressed syllable (which would normally be on the penultimate syllable), e. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic In Linguistics, the penult is the Penultimate Syllable of a word that is the second-to-last syllable g. camera, drama, opera, sinema → camerâu, dramâu, operâu, sinemâu.
Exceptional use
- In English the circumflex, like other diacriticals, is sometimes retained on loanwords that used it in the original language; for example, rôle. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one Language from another with little or no translation In Britain in the eighteenth century—before the cheap penny post and an era in which paper was taxed—the circumflex was used in postal letters to save room in an analogy with the French use. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The Penny Post is any one of several Postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one Penny. Specifically, the letters "ugh" were replaced when they were silent in the most common words, e. g. , "thô" for "though", "thorô" for "thorough", and "brôt" for "brought" — similar to the way in which people today abbreviate words in text messages. Text messaging, or texting is the common term for the sending of "short" (160 characters or fewer including spaces text messages from Mobile phones This could have led to spelling simplification, but did not.
- In Italian, î is sometimes used in the plural of nouns and adjectives ending with -io [jo], although the spelling with a normal i is by far the most usual one. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Other possible spellings are -ii and obsolete -j or -ij. For example, the plural of vario ['vaːrjo] ("various") can be spelt vari, varî, varii; the pronunciation will usually stay ['vaːri] with only one [i].
- In Norwegian, it is used, with the exception of loan words, on ô and ê, almost exclusively in the words "fôr" (from Norse fóðr), meaning "animal food", to differentiate it from for (the preposition); lêr, meaning "skin" (Norse leðr) and "vêr" (Norse veðr), meaning "weather", both lêr and vêr only in the Nynorsk Norwegian. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age Nynorsk (literally "New Norwegian" is one of the two official Norwegian Standard languages the other being Bokmål.
- In Swedish, when transcribing dialectal speech, the circumflex is often used to denote an a or o which is pronounced dialectally as if it has been written ä [æ] or ö [ø]. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the
- In Interlingua, the circumflex is rare. Interlingua is an International auxiliary language (IAL developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA Interlingua has no diacritics except in foreign loanwords.
- J. R. R. Tolkien would use the circumflex to denote a long vowel when transcribing words from his fictional languages.
Technical notes
The ISO-8859-1 character encoding includes the letters â, ê, î, ô, û, and their respective capital forms. ISO 8859-1, more formally cited as ISO/IEC 8859-1 is part 1 of ISO/IEC 8859, a standard Character encoding of the Latin alphabet. Capital letters or majuscules pronunciation /məˈdʒʌskyuls ˈmædʒəˌskyuls/ in the Roman alphabet A, B, C, D, Dozens more letters with the circumflex are available in Unicode. In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's Unicode also uses the circumflex as a combining character.
See also
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References
External links
- Diacritics Project — All you need to design a font with correct accents
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Dictionary
circumflex
-noun
- (orthography) A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in certain languages to change its pronunciation; also used in combination with certain consonants in Esperanto to create additional letters.
-adjective
- Having this mark.
- Curving around
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