◌̜


◌̜ U+031C, ̜
COMBINING LEFT HALF RING BELOW
← ◌̛
[U+031B] 		Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̝ →
[U+031D]

Translingual

Diacritical mark

◌̜

  1. (IPA) Indicates a less-rounded or more-spread articulation.

Usage notes
  • When the base letter descends past the baseline, the spacing diacritic ⟨˓⟩ may be used instead.
  • The IPA explains the symbol as follows: "Lip position in vowels is regarded as forming a continuum from close rounded (as for Cardinal [u]) to spread (as for Cardinal [i]). The 'under-rounding' diacritic may be used to indicate a value on that continuum further from 'close rounded' than entailed by the reference value of a symbol, for instance [u̜] for a close back vowel with little rounding, and [ɛ̜] for a vowel with more spreading than the open-mid reference vowel."[1]

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References
  1. IPA (1990: 23), Further Report on the 1989 Kiel Convention. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol. 20, No. 2.
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