Û


Û, û is a letter of the Latin script.

Usage

Romanization

Romanization from Cyrillic

This letter is used in some standards of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю:
It is used in Wade-Giles for apical dental unrounded vowel as in tzû, tz'û, ssû, corresponds to present zi, ci, si in Pinyin respectively.

General writing systems

Afrikaans

In Afrikaans, û is a punctuated form of u and a usage example includes "brûe", plural of "brug".

Emilian-Romagnol

Û represents in Emilian dialects: in the Bolognese dialect, anvûd means "nephews".

French

In French, û does not change the pronunciation of the letter u except in jeune "young", which is still often pronounced differently from jeûne "a fast". In some other words like mû, the circumflex has no disambiguating value; attempts have been made to abolish it in such words. See Circumflex in French. Û also often appears in words that used to have an "s" after the "u": the French word for August, août, used to be written aoust.

Friulian

Û represents the sound.

Italian

Û is occasionally used to represent the sound in words like fûrono.

Kurdish

Û is used in Latin Kurmanjî in the Kurdish alphabet to represent a close central rounded vowel,.

Polish

In the Masovian dialect, û represents /ju:/.

Turkish

Û indicates palatalization of the preceding consonant: "sükûnet" is pronounced.

Welsh

In Welsh, û is used to represent a long stressed u or when, without the circumflex, it would be pronounced as a short or : cytûn "agreed", bûm "I was" as opposed to bum "five".

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