Ẃ
| W with acute | |
|---|---|
| Ẃ ẃ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Lower Sorbian (obsolete) Middle Polish (obsolete) Welsh language |
| Sound values | [vʲ] (formerly) |
| In Unicode | U+1E82, U+1E83 |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
W with acute (majuscule: Ẃ, minuscule: ẃ) 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
[edit]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
[edit]| Preview | Ẃ | ẃ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- 1 2 "Skąd się wzięły znaki diakrytyczne?". 2plus3d.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- 1 2 "Bon ton Ę-Ą. Aby pismo było polskie". idb.neon24.pl (in Polish).
- 1 2 Georg Kral, Grammatik der Wendischen Sprache in der Oberlausitz
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.