ٴ

ٴ • (◌̈)

1. A diacritic used at the beginnings of words to mark all vowels throughout the word as front vowels. (It has no sound value on its own.)

• Not used in words containing ك‎, گ‎, or ە‎, as they also mark all vowels as front vowels.
• If a word contains a hamza (or ك‎, گ‎, and ە‎) but also contains ع‎ or ق‎, vowels near ع‎ or ق‎ will remain back vowels but all other vowels in the word will be fronted.

• ٵ‎ (ä)
• ٶ‎ (ö)
• ٷ‎ (ü)
• ٸ‎ (i)