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Kazakh
[edit]Letter
[edit]ٴ • (◌̈)
- A diacritic used at the beginnings of words to mark all vowels throughout the word as front vowels. (It has no sound value on its own.)
Usage notes
[edit]- Not used in words containing ك, گ, or ە, as they also mark all vowels as front vowels.
- If a word contains a hamza (or ك, گ, and ە) but also contains ع or ق, vowels near ع or ق will remain back vowels but all other vowels in the word will be fronted.