W with acute
Ẃ ẃ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originLower Sorbian (obsolete)
Middle Polish (obsolete)
Welsh language
Phonetic usage[vʲ] (formerly)
Unicode codepointU+1E82, U+U+1E83
History
Development
  • Ẃ ẃ
Other
Writing directionLeft-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

The letter appeared in the alphabet made by Jan Kochanowski for Middle Polish, that 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

Character information
PreviewẂẃ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH ACUTE LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH ACUTE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode7810U+1E827811U+1E83
UTF-8225 186 130E1 BA 82225 186 131E1 BA 83
Numeric character referenceẂẂẃẃ

References

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

Bibliography

  • 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.
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