Descender
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Ⱨⱨ, Ⱪⱪ, and Ⱬⱬ were used in the New Script for Uyghur (Uyƣur Yəngi Yəziⱪ), which was in use 1965-1982.[1] Before Uyƣur Yəngi Yəziⱪ, Uyghur was written with a Cyrillic script (Uyghur Siril Yëziqi) and these letters were simply borrowed from it.[2] Ꞑꞑ was used in Jaꞑalif, a Latin alphabet for Tatar which was in use 1928-1939.[3]
There is no modifying or combining diacritic; there are only precomposed characters with descenders. Note that letters with descenders may be confused with same looking Cyrillic characters, which have different code points.
Descender in Unicode
| Ⱨ | ⱨ | Ⱪ | ⱪ | Ꞑ | ꞑ | Ⱬ | ⱬ |
| U+2C67 | U+2C68 | U+2C69 | U+2C6A | U+A790 | U+A791 | U+2C6B | U+2C6C |
| Latin Capital Letter H With Descender | Latin Small Letter H With Descender | Latin Capital Letter K With Descender | Latin Small Letter K With Descender | Latin Capital Letter N With Descender | Latin Small Letter N With Descender | Latin Capital Letter Z With Descender | Latin Small Letter Z With Descender |
Descender in Natlangs
| Usage | Language | Letters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet extension | Uyghur (New Script) | Ⱨⱨ /h~ɦ/, Ⱪⱪ /q/, Ⱬⱬ /ʒ/ | Hh, Kk, and Zz without descenders stand for /χ k z/.[4] |
| Tatar (Jaꞑalif orthography) | Ꞑꞑ /ŋ/ | This letter is sometimes replaced by Ņņ.[3] |
See Also
Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
References
- ↑ Uyghur New Script at Wikipedia.
- ↑ K with descender at Wikipedia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yañalif at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Uyghur New Script and Uyghur language, both at Wikipedia.
