Ogonek
Diacritic in the form of a small curl at the bottom (or rarely the top) of a letter. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the periodical, see Ogoniok. For the song, see Ogonek (song).
The ogonek (/əˈɡɒnɛk, -ək/ ə-GON-ek, -ək; Polish: [ɔˈɡɔnɛk], "little tail", diminutive of ogon) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in several European languages, and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages. It is also placed on the lower right corner of consonants in some Latin transcriptions of various indigenous languages of the Caucasus mountains.[clarification needed]
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An ogonek can also be attached to the bottom of a vowel in Old Norse–Icelandic to show length or vowel affection.[1] For example, in Old Norse, ǫ represents the Old Norwegian vowel [ɔ], which in Old Icelandic merges with ø ‹ö› and in modern Scandinavian languages is represented by the letter å.