Ả
A with hook above (majuscule: Ả, minuscule: ả) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by addition of the hook above diacritic to the letter A. It is used in the Vietnamese language. Usage The letter is used in Vietnamese language Vietnamese () is an Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic language Speech, spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the official language. It belongs to the Vietic languages, Vietic subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family. Vietnamese is s ..., where it represents the open front unrounded vowel with falling-rising mid-tone (hỏi) (). Encoding References Latin letters with diacritics {{latin-script-stub ...
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Hook Above
In typesetting, the hook above () is a diacritic mark placed on top of vowels in the Vietnamese alphabet. In shape it looks like a tiny question mark without the dot underneath, or a tiny glottal stop, glottal stop (ʔ). For example, a capital A with a hook is "Ả", and a lower case "u" with a hook is "ủ". The hook is usually written to the right of the circumflex in conventional Vietnamese orthography. If Vietnamese characters are unavailable, it is often replaced by a question mark after the vowel (VIQR encoding). This diacritic functions as a tone (linguistics), tone marker, indicating a "mid falling" tone ('): which is "dipping" (˨˩˥) in Southern Vietnamese or "falling" (˧˩) in Northern Vietnamese; ''see Vietnamese language#Tones 2, Vietnamese language § Regional variation: Tones''. The Southern "dipping" tone is similar to the questioning intonation (linguistics), intonation in English. The hook above can be used as a Tone (linguistics), tone marker, but is not ...
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