U_with_ring_above_(Cyrillic)

U with ring above (Cyrillic)

U with ring above (Cyrillic)

Cyrillic letter used for /ɵ~ʊː/ in Shughni


U with ring above (У̊ у̊) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Shughni language and formerly in 19th-century Lithuanian Cyrillic.

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Uses

The 1867 Lithuanian Cyrillic alphabet, with this letter

It is the 32nd letter of the Shughni alphabet between ӯ and Ф, representing /ɵ~ʊː/. Sometimes the digraph уо is used instead.[1]

U with ring above was also used in Lithuanian writing, notably in the orthography of Jonas Juška,[2] after the defeat in the January Uprising of 1863 and the following ban on Latin writing in official documents from 1864 to 1904.

Computing codes

This letter is not a precomposed character. It needs to be composed using U+0423 У CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U+U+030A ̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE and U+0443 у CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U+U+030A ̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE.

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References

  1. "Shugni language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

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