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A mark shortening a vowel.
Also known as: Vowel shortener
The Thai mark showing that the vowel of the syllable is shortened.
Shortens the vowel of the syllable it marks.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Needed because Thai vowel length is phonemic and several vowel signs do not otherwise distinguish it, so the mark patches a gap in the vowel notation rather than adding a sound.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small angular hook set above the consonant, resembling a compressed figure eight in some faces.