꞉

See also: : [U+003A COLON], ˸ [U+02F8 MODIFIER LETTER RAISED COLON], ː [U+02D0 MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON], ׃ [U+05C3 HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ], ։ [U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP], ⁚ [U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION], and ∶ [U+2236 RATIO]

꞉	U+A789, ꞉ MODIFIER LETTER COLON

← ꞈ
[U+A788]

Latin Extended-D

꞊ →
[U+A78A]

Translingual

Symbol

꞉

(NAPA) Alternative form of ꞏ for vowel length (e.g. ⟨a꞉⟩).
A component of the vowel letters ⟨a꞉⟩ and ⟨o꞉⟩ in a number of languages Papua New Guinea (e.g. Gobasi ⟨Go꞉bosi⟩).

Derived terms

a꞉, ä꞉, e꞉, ë꞉, ę꞉, i꞉, o꞉, ö꞉, ǫ꞉, u꞉

Budu

Letter

꞉

The grammatical tone marking past tense.
See also ⟨꞊⟩.

Cayuga

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ː/

Letter

꞉

Found in the Cayuga letters a꞉ e꞉ ę꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ǫ꞉.

Khoekhoe

Letter

꞉

(obsolete) the palatal click, modern ⟨ǂ⟩ (Besides the single letter, ⟨꞉⟩ is also used in digraphs for the palatal click consonants ⟨꞉k ꞉g ꞉n ꞉h ꞉kh ꞉ch⟩.)
See also ꞏ, ʼ, ʻ.

Kuni-Boazi

Letter

꞉

A letter for vowel length in the Boazi alphabet.

Lashi

Letter

꞉

Low lexical tone.

Usage notes

The only final plosive that occurs on syllables with this tone is [k]. This tone letter is thus restricted to the sequences a꞉ am꞉ an꞉ ang꞉ ag꞉ (and similarly for other vowels).

Lhao Vo

Letter

꞉

Low lexical tone, on a syllable ending in a vowel or in any consonant but glottal stop.

Usage notes

A final glottal stop on a low-tone syllable is written ⟨;⟩.

Sabaot

Letter

꞉

The grammatical tone that marks a subject.

Seneca

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ː/

Letter

꞉

Marks long vowels: a꞉ ä꞉ e꞉ ë꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ö꞉.

Yele

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /◌̃/

Letter

꞉

Marks nasal vowels.

Derived terms

Occurs in the short nasal vowels ꞉a ꞉â ꞉e ꞉ê ꞉i ꞉o ꞉u and the long nasal vowels ꞉aa ꞉ââ ꞉ee ꞉êê ꞉ii ꞉oo ꞉uu.