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Sign in to saveThe ogonek, also informally referred to as the tail, is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel grapheme in the Latin alphabets of Polish, Kashubian, Övdalian, and Lithuanian; and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages.
Key facts
- Diacritic.char
- ◌̨
- Diacritic.name
- Ogonek
- Diacritic.variant1
- ◌᷎
- Diacritic.see_also
- , spacing
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- Use
- Example in Polish
- Example in Cayuga
- Example in Chickasaw
- Example in Dogrib
- Example in Lithuanian
- Example in Elfdalian
- Values
- Nasalization
- Length
- Lowered articulation
- Similar diacritics
- E caudata and o caudata
- Cedilla and comma
- Superscript ogonek
- Letters with ogonek
- Typographical notes
- Encoding
- LaTeX2e
- Notes
- References
- External links
The ogonek, also informally referred to as the tail, is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel grapheme in the Latin alphabets of Polish, Kashubian, Övdalian, and Lithuanian; and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages.
An ogonek can also be attached to the bottom of a vowel in Old Norse or Old Icelandic to show length or vowel affection. For example, in Old Norse, ǫ represents the Old Norwegian vowel , which in Old Icelandic merges with ø ‹ö› and in modern Scandinavian languages is represented by the letter å.