Ogonek

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The ogonek (/əˈɡɒnɛk, -ək/ ə-GON-ek, -⁠ək; Polish: [ɔˈɡɔnɛk], "little tail", diminutive of ogon) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in several European languages, and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages. It is also placed on the lower right corner of consonants in some Latin transcriptions of various indigenous languages of the Caucasus mountains.^{[clarification needed]}

An ogonek can also be attached to the bottom of a vowel in Old Norse or Old Icelandic to show length or vowel affection.^[1] For example, in Old Norse, ǫ represents the Old Norwegian vowel [ɔ], which in Old Icelandic merges with ø ‹ö› and in modern Scandinavian languages is represented by the letter å.