What ࣴ means
In Wolofal, it marks the vowel written ë in Latin-script Wolof.
Senegalese spellings in 1987 filled a vowel gap with sukun (no-vowel mark), hamza (glottal-stop sign), and fatha (short-a mark). A 1992 sample used the ring for schwa, a central vowel. Senegal's 2002 spelling standard lists the ringed form for Wolof and Joola, corresponding to Latin-script ë. It developed from that earlier combination.
Place it after the consonant whose vowel it marks. Text normalization (standardizing equivalent text) may reorder marks on that consonant, changing their display.
A 2011 public announcement by Senegal's Murid Muslim community used Wolofal.
Who writes ࣴ
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Questions people ask
1Can this mark be used in ordinary Arabic?
Usually, no. It is documented for African-language spelling in Arabic script, especially Wolof and Joola; standard Arabic uses its conventional short-vowel marks.
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How to type or find ࣴ
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- Wolofal · Ajami · Joola · ë
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ࣴ\08F4Codes and encoding1 code points
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