What ͉ means
It marks weak articulation in extIPA transcription. The mark describes how a speech sound is made; its exact label depends on the transcription system.
The Extended IPA (extIPA) expands the International Phonetic Alphabet for detailed speech transcription, including disordered speech. Its signs were being developed by 1989, and the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association adopted the chart in 1994.
PHOIBLE 2.0, a database of language sound inventories, uses it for lenis in languages that distinguish stronger (fortis), plain, and weaker (lenis) consonants. That contrast is not just voiced versus voiceless.
How do I place ͉ after a base letter?
Place it after the letter it modifies. It is a combining mark, so it needs a base letter, as in v͉.
The mark can stack with one that shows where a sound is made: in t̪͉, the small mark under t says the tongue touches the teeth; in t̺͉, it says the tongue tip makes the sound. In both, ͉ adds weak articulation. A descender or lower mark can crowd it, and fonts vary in how they position the marks.
Specialist phonetic notation: it appears in extIPA clinical transcription and linguistic sound inventories.
Do not confuse `͉` with `̚`: this mark signals weak articulation; that one marks a stop without an audible release.
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1Why does ͉ look detached or collide with the letter?
It is a font-rendering difference. `͉` attaches to a preceding letter, so it may look offset or become crowded by a descender or another lower mark.
How to type ͉
͉\0349Codes and encoding1 code points
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