| O with turned comma above right | |
|---|---|
| Oʻ oʻ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Uzbek language |
| Sound values | /o/ |
| In Unicode | U+004F U+02BB, U+006F U+02BB |
| History | |
| Development | O
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| Time period | 1995 to present |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
Oʻ (o withturned comma above right;minuscule:oʻ) is the 25th letter of theUzbek Latin alphabet, representing theclose-mid back rounded vowel/o/. It was adopted in the May 1995 revision of the alphabet, replacingÖ.[1] It was also used in theKarakalpak alphabet until 2016, when it was replaced withÓ. In theUzbek Cyrillic alphabet, it corresponds toЎ.
In Unicode, Oʻ is not encoded as aprecomposed character, but rather as a sequence ofU+004F OLATIN CAPITAL LETTER O orU+006F oLATIN SMALL LETTER O andU+02BB ʻMODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA. Sincethe modifier letter isn't readily typeable on the Uzbek Latin keyboard layouts shipped withMicrosoft Windows as of 2022, the substitution of other characters such asU+0027 'APOSTROPHE andU+2018 ‘LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK is very common.[2] But the use of U+02BB is the only correct option, as the signs U+2018 and U+2019 fulfill the role of secondary quotation marks in the Uzbek Latin.
| Preview | O | o | ʻ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O | LATIN SMALL LETTER O | MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 79 | U+004F | 111 | U+006F | 699 | U+02BB |
| UTF-8 | 79 | 4F | 111 | 6F | 202 187 | CA BB |
| Numeric character reference | O | O | o | o | ʻ | ʻ |