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"Õ", or "õ", is a vowel and a letter in the Estonian alphabet, representing a close-mid back unrounded vowel sound .

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Vowel - Letter - Estonian alphabet - Close-mid back unrounded vowel

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"Õ" also occurs in the Portuguese language, where it stands for an accented nasalized . It is not an actual letter of the alphabet, but a composition of the letter "O" and the diacritic mark tilde. It is also found in Vietnamese to mark the sound creaky voiced (rising tone with a glottal break followed by a continuation of the rising tone).

Related Topics:
Portuguese language - Alphabet - O - Diacritic - Tilde - Vietnamese

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