Latin Subscript Small Letter V

ᵥ marks co-articulation: one sound affects a neighbor. It appears in UPA, the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, whose subscripts can mark influence across word boundaries.

Text symbol

What ᵥ means

It marks co-articulation: one sound shapes a neighbor.

UPA is also called Finno-Ugric Transcription (FUT). A Finnish dialect study printed ᵥ in UPA notation before 1902; other systems may use similar symbols differently.

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Superscript & Subscript Numbers

Who writes ᵥ

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Don't confuse it with

ᵛ

Modifier Letter Small V

The superscript v sits above the line; ᵥ is below.

Latin Small Letter V

Ordinary v sits on the line; ᵥ is a separate phonetic letter.

Questions people ask

Why does ᵥ turn into v?

NFKC compatibility normalization maps ᵥ to plain v. That changes the text; a missing font glyph can alter its appearance without changing the underlying character.