◌᪻

See also:

U+1ABB, ᪻
COMBINING PARENTHESES ABOVE

[U+1ABA]
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
[U+1ABC]

U+1ABD, ᪽
COMBINING PARENTHESES BELOW

[U+1ABC]
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
[U+1ABE]

U+1ABE, ᪾
COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY

[U+1ABD]
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended ᪿ
[U+1ABF]

U+1ABC, ᪼
COMBINING DOUBLE PARENTHESES ABOVE

[U+1ABB]
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
[U+1ABD]

Translingual

Diacritical mark

◌᪻, ◌᪽

  1. (extIPA, Teuthonista) indicates that the quality imparted by a diacritic is weaker/lesser than normal.
    For example, ⟨ḁ᪽⟩ is a partially devoiced [a], and ⟨ã᪻⟩ a lightly nasalized [a].
  2. (Teuthonista, on a superscript) indicates that a vowel is especially weakened.
    For example, ⟨ⁱ⟩ is a weak or fleeting [i]; with ⟨⁽ⁱ⁾⟩, the [i] is scarcely there.
  3. (Teuthonista, on an ascender or descender) indicates that the quality conveyed by the ascender/descender is weakened. Used specifically on the palatal nasal ⟨ŋ᪽⟩.

Usage notes

Parentheses around a doubled diacritic, as ẽ̃᪻, indicates a degree of intensity intermediate between that of a single and doubled diacritic. Increasing degrees of nasalization of the vowel [e] are written e ẽ᪻ ẽ ẽ̃᪻ ẽ̃. Similarly, increasing rounding is written e ë᪻ ë ë̈᪻ ë̈.

Parentheses are sometimes used around orthographic diacritics, as in š, a sound that may be either s or š, e.g. in a dialect that doesn't distinguish those sounds.

The middle parentheses are use for an overstruck diacritic. In the case of ɫ, the result fused to .

Doubling the parentheses means the feature is extra weak, e.g. .

See also

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