꞉ U+A789, ꞉ MODIFIER LETTER COLON ← ꞈ [U+A788] Latin Extended-D ꞊ → [U+A78A]

꞉

1. (NAPA) Alternative form of ꞏ for vowel length (e.g. ⟨a꞉⟩).
2. A component of the vowel letters ⟨a꞉⟩ and ⟨o꞉⟩ in a number of languages Papua New Guinea (e.g. Gobasi ⟨Go꞉bosi⟩).

• a꞉, ä꞉, e꞉, ë꞉, ę꞉, i꞉, o꞉, ö꞉, ǫ꞉, u꞉

꞉

1. The grammatical tone marking past tense.

   See also ⟨꞊⟩.

• IPA^(key): /ː/

꞉

1. Found in the Cayuga letters a꞉ e꞉ ę꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ǫ꞉.

• IPA^(key): /ː/

꞉ (no case)

1. (Stó꞉lō) A marker of long vowels and geminate consonants in the Halkomelem alphabet.

In the Musqueam alphabet, this is not used with consonants, and a꞉ e꞉ i꞉ u꞉ are considered separate letters.

• Musqueam

• (Latin-script letters) c, c̓, č, h, k, kʷ, k̓ʷ, l, l̓, ƛ̓, ɬ, m, m̓, n, n̓, p, p̓, q, q̓, qʷ, q̓ʷ, s, š, t, t̓, t̓ᶿ, θ, w, w̓, x, xʷ, ꭓ, ꭓʷ, y, y̓, ʔ, a, a꞉, e, e꞉, i, i꞉, u, u꞉, ə

• Stó꞉lō

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lh lh, M n, O o, Ō ō, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Thʼ thʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, W w, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, ʼ, ꞉

• Cowichan

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Aa aa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, Ee ee, H h, Hw hw, I i, Ii ii, K k, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lʼ lʼ (ʼl), Lh lh, M m, Mʼ mʼ (ʼm), N n, Nʼ nʼ (ʼn), O o, Oo oo, Ou ou, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, Tth tth, Tthʼ tthʼ, U u, W w, Wʼ wʼ (ʼw), X x, Xw xw, Y y, Yʼ yʼ (ʼy), ʼ

꞉

1. (obsolete) the palatal click, modern ⟨ǂ⟩ (Besides the single letter, ⟨꞉⟩ is also used in digraphs for the palatal click consonants ⟨꞉k ꞉g ꞉n ꞉h ꞉kh ꞉ch⟩.)

   See also ꞏ, ʼ, ʻ.

• IPA^(key): /ː/

꞉ (no case)

1. A mark of vowel length in the Kiowa alphabet.

Appears after the letter for nasalization. For example, IPA^(key): /õː/ is written ⟨on̶꞉⟩.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

꞉

1. A letter for vowel length in the Boazi alphabet.

꞉

1. Low lexical tone, on a syllable ending in a vowel or in any consonant but glottal stop.

A final glottal stop on a low-tone syllable is written ⟨;⟩.

꞉

1. The grammatical tone that marks a subject.

• IPA^(key): /ː/

꞉

1. Marks long vowels: a꞉ ä꞉ e꞉ ë꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ö꞉.

• IPA^(key): /◌̃/

꞉

1. Marks nasal vowels.

• Occurs in the short nasal vowels ꞉a ꞉â ꞉e ꞉ê ꞉i ꞉o ꞉u and the long nasal vowels ꞉aa ꞉ââ ꞉ee ꞉êê ꞉ii ꞉oo ꞉uu.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉