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W with acute
Ẃ ẃ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originLower Sorbian (obsolete)
Middle Polish (obsolete)
Welsh language
Sound values[vʲ] (formerly)
In UnicodeU+1E82, U+1E83
History
Development
  • Ẃ ẃ
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
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W with acute (majuscule: , minuscule: ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by addition of the acute diacritic over the letter W. In the past, it was used in Lower Sorbian and Middle Polish.[1][2][3] Now it is used in the Welsh orthography as an accented form of w, e. g. gẃraidd 'manly'.

Usage

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The letter appeared in the alphabet made by Jan Kochanowski for Middle Polish, which was used from 16th until 18th century. It represented the palatalizated voiced labiodental fricative (vʲ) sound.[1][2] It also was used in Lower Sorbian.[3]

Encoding

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Character information
Preview
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH ACUTE LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH ACUTE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 7810 U+1E82 7811 U+1E83
UTF-8 225 186 130 E1 BA 82 225 186 131 E1 BA 83
Numeric character reference Ẃ Ẃ ẃ ẃ

References

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  1. ^ a b "Skąd się wzięły znaki diakrytyczne?". 2plus3d.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  2. ^ a b "Bon ton Ę-Ą. Aby pismo było polskie". idb.neon24.pl (in Polish).
  3. ^ a b Georg Kral, Grammatik der Wendischen Sprache in der Oberlausitz

Bibliography

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  • Georg Kral, Grammatik der Wendischen Sprache in der Oberlausitz, Bautzen, M. Schmaler, 1895.
  • Josef Páta, Krátká příručka hornolužické srbštiny stručná mluvnice, rozhovory a korespondence, Praze, Adolf Černy, 1920.
  • C. T. Pfuhl, Laut- und Formenlehre der oberlausitzisch-wendischen Sprache : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf das Altslawische, Bautzen, M. Schmaler, 1895.