Garay combining dot above

It changes the sound of the Garay letter it follows. It is a spelling mark, not punctuation or decoration. On Garay small GA 𐵹, it forms 𐵹𐵫, which represents ŋ, a nasal sound formed at the back of the mouth.

Garay is a modern script Assane Faye created in Senegal for Wolof; it appeared in publications in January 1961. Faye drew on Arabic and Latin forms to represent African-language sounds. In Senegal, Wolof is officially written with Latin letters; Wolofal is an Arabic-based way to write Wolof. Faye’s Garay materials include textbooks, folktales, maps and a Qur’an with Wolof written between its lines. Garay has also been taught for Mandinka literacy and later gained fonts and digital teaching materials.

Why does 𐵫 look misplaced?

A font anchors it to the Garay letter before it. Enter the base first in text order; both characters display as one written unit. A dotted circle in a chart is a placeholder that lets the mark be seen without its base.

A Garay font prototype could misplace the mark above uppercase letters; that issue was recorded on 27 April, 2026. Garay is written right to left, so mixed-script paragraphs may need a right-to-left base direction.