O with diaeresis (Cyrillic)

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Cyrillic letter O with diaeresis
Image:Cyrillic letter O with Diaeresis.png
Unicode (hex)
majuscule: U+04E6
minuscule: U+04E7
Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ѓ
Ђ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Л Љ М Н Њ О
П Р С Т Ћ Ќ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Ӷ
Ҕ Ӗ Ҽ Ҿ Ӂ Җ Ӝ
Ҙ Ӟ Ӡ Ӥ Ӣ Ӏ Ҋ
Қ Ҟ Ҡ Ӄ Ҝ Ӆ Ӎ
Ҥ Ң Ӊ Ӈ Ӧ Ө Ӫ
Ҩ Ҧ Ҏ Ҫ Ҭ Ӳ Ӱ
Ӯ Ү Ұ Ҳ Һ Ҵ Ӵ
Ҷ Ӌ Ҹ Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ  
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѻ Ѣ ІА
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ      
List of Cyrillic letters

O with diaeresis (majuscule:Ӧ, minuscule:ӧ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet now used in the Kurdish, Altay, Khakass, Mari, Udmurt, and Komi languages. It should not be confused with the letter Ö.

[edit] Phonetic value

In Kurdish, it represents the close back rounded vowel /u/.

In Altay and Khakas, it represents the close-mid front rounded vowel /ø/.

In Mari, it represents the open-mid front rounded vowel /œ/.

In Komi, it represents the schwa /ə/.

In Udmurt, it represents the open-mid back unrounded vowel /ʌ/.

[edit] See also

  • Ö, latin letter o with diaeresis, visually indistinguishable