Ǫ

Template:Short description Template:Confusion Template:Infobox grapheme O with an ogonek (majuscule: Ǫ, minuscule: ǫ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by the addition of the ogonek (from Polish: little tail) to the letter O. It is used in Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.<ref name="navaho" /> It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic, and the Proto-Slavic language, as well as in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet.<ref name="slavistic" /> It is also still in use for the writing of Old Norse, and used to be used sporadically in Polish.<ref name="polish" />

Usage

The letter is used in the autochthonous languages of North America: Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.<ref name=navaho>J.M. McDonough, The Navajo Sound System.</ref> In such languages, it represents either a nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel ([õ]), or a nasalized ([ɔ̃]).

It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic where it represents the nasal back vowel, as well as in the Proto-Slavic language where it represents a labialized non-front vowel. It is also used in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet, where it represents the nasalized O-sound, for example, the pronunciation of Ą in Polish.<ref name=slavistic>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It was used in Old Norse, where it represented the open back rounded vowel ([ɒ]) sound. Additionally, the letter sporadically used to be an alternative to Ą in Polish.<ref name=polish>Michał Suchorowski, Zabawki dramatyczne. vol. 1.</ref>

In academic transcription of Vulgar Latin, Ǫ represents the open-mid vowel Template:IPAslink (contrasted with the close-mid vowel Template:IPAslink, represented with an underdot (Ọ)).