U with ring above (Cyrillic) explained

U with ring above (У̊ у̊) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Shughni language and formerly in 19th-century Lithuanian Cyrillic.

Uses

It is the 32nd letter of the Shughni alphabet between ӯ and Ф, representing pronounced as //pronounced as /ink/~pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink///. Sometimes the digraph уо is used instead.^[1]

U with ring above was also used in Lithuanian writing, notably in the orthography of Jonas Juška,^[2] after the defeat in the January Uprising of 1863 and the following ban on Latin writing in official documents from 1864 to 1904.

Computing codes

This letter is not a precomposed character. It needs to be composed using + and +.

See also

• Ů ů : Latin letter U with ring - a Czech letter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shugni language, alphabet and pronunciation . 2023-03-12 . Omniglot . en.
2. Subačius . Giedrius . March 2008 . The Letter and Lithuanian Cyrillic Script: Two Language Planning Strategies in the Late Nineteenth Century . Journal of Baltic Studies . en . 39 . 1 . 73–82 . 10.1080/01629770801908747 . 144055346 . 0162-9778.