ː

See also: : [U+003A COLON], ׃ [U+05C3 HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ], ꞉ [U+A789 MODIFIER LETTER COLON], ։ [U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP], ⁚ [U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION], and ∶ [U+2236 RATIO]

ː U+02D0, ː
MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON
← ˏ
[U+02CF] 		Spacing Modifier Letters ˑ →
[U+02D1]
𐞁 U+10781, 𐞁
MODIFIER LETTER SUPERSCRIPT TRIANGULAR COLON
← 𐞀
[U+10780] 		Latin Extended-F 𐞂 →
[U+10782]

Translingual

Symbol

ː

  1. (IPA) long (e.g. a long vowel [aː], a geminate consonant [pː]).
  2. (superscript ⟨𐞁⟩, IPA) length of the feature indicated by a diacritic, e.g. [kʰ𐞁] (a [k] with lengthy aspiration, a highly aspirated [k]).

Usage notes

The symbol may be doubled to indicate an extra-long segment: [aːː], [pːː].

Further reading
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