˭

See also: Appendix:Variations of "="

˭ U+02ED, ˭
MODIFIER LETTER UNASPIRATED
ˬ
[U+02EC]
Spacing Modifier Letters ˮ
[U+02EE]

Translingual

Symbol

˭

  1. (extIPA) Tenuis; a symbol for overtly indicating lack of aspiration.

Usage notes

In speech pathology, this diacritic is used to indicate that a consonant is not aspirated when the target pronunciation is, for example in [k˭ɪt] for the English word "kit," which is normally aspirated [kʰɪt]. (The aspiration of English words is not usually transcribed.)

It has also been used in linguistic field notes and dictionaries to show that a consonant has been confirmed to be unaspirated. In such cases, words transcribed as ak˭a and akʰa are known to differ, but in one transcribed aka the aspiration is unknown.

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