What ፞ means
A vowel-length mark in Basketo spelling.
An Ethiopic syllable character combines a consonant and vowel; ፞ lengthens that vowel. A 1997 article suggested the dot system. A 2009 Unicode proposal cites Basketo, Gamo, and Gofa writing materials dated 2003–2006.
In Basketo, ፞ marks vowel length, ፟ consonant length, and ፝ both. To save space, the 2009 proposal encoded ፞ as a combining mark, adding length to a base syllable instead of requiring a separate character for each syllable. Attach ፞ after its base syllable; alone, it has no complete reading.
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Who writes ፞
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ፞ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ፞
- Search it as
- Basketo · vowel length · long vowel · one-dot mark · Ethiopic combining mark · consonant length · gemination
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
፞\135ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.