Ogonek

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Ogonek
U+0328 ◌̨̨ COMBINING OGONEK
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U+1DCE ◌᷎ COMBINING OGONEK ABOVE
See also
U+02DB ˛ OGONEK (˛), spacing

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.

  1. ^ "N3027: Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2. 2006-01-30.