U with ring above (Cyrillic)
{{Short description|Cyrillic letter used for /ɵ~ʊː/ in Shughni}}
{{Distinguish|Y̊}}
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| type = Alphabet
| typedesc = ic
| name = U with ring above
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| phonemes = {{IPA|/ɵ~ʊː/}}
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| letter = У̊ у̊
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U with ring above (У̊ у̊) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Shughni language and formerly in 19th-century Lithuanian Cyrillic.
Uses
File:Lithuanian Cyrilic Alphabet, Juška, 1867.jpg
It is the 32nd letter of the Shughni alphabet between ӯ and Ф, representing {{IPA|/{{IPA link|ɵ}}~{{IPA link|ʊ}}{{IPA link|ː}}/}}. Sometimes the digraph уо is used instead.{{Cite web |title=Shugni language, alphabet and pronunciation |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/shughni.htm |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Omniglot |language=en}}
U with ring above was also used in Lithuanian writing, notably in the orthography of Jonas Juška,{{Cite journal |last=Subačius |first=Giedrius |date=March 2008 |title=The Letter and Lithuanian Cyrillic Script: Two Language Planning Strategies in the Late Nineteenth Century |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01629770801908747 |journal=Journal of Baltic Studies |language=en |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=73–82 |doi=10.1080/01629770801908747 |s2cid=144055346 |issn=0162-9778}} after the defeat in the January Uprising of 1863 and the following ban on Latin writing in official documents from 1864 to 1904.
Computing codes
This letter is not a precomposed character. It needs to be composed using {{unichar|0423|Cyrillic capital letter u|nlink=U (Cyrillic)}}+{{unichar|030A|combining ring above|cwith=◌}} and {{unichar|0443|Cyrillic small letter U}}+{{unichar|030A|combining ring above|cwith=◌}}.
{{Charmap|0423|0443|030A|name3=Combining Ring Above|name1=Cyrillic Capital Letter U|name2=Cyrillic Small Letter U}}
See also
- Ů ů : Latin letter U with ring - a Czech letter