Ogonek

The ogonek (Polish: , 'little tail', the diminutive of ogon; Lithuanian: nosinė, 'nasal') is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in several European languages, and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages. It is also placed on the lower right corner of consonants in some Latin transcriptions of various indigenous languages of the Caucasus mountains. The ogonek (Polish: , 'little tail', the diminutive of ogon; Lithuanian: nosinė, 'nasal') is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in several European languages, and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages. It is also placed on the lower right corner of consonants in some Latin transcriptions of various indigenous languages of the Caucasus mountains. An ogonek can also be attached to the top of a vowel in Old Norse-Icelandic to show length or vowel affection. For example, in Old Norse, o᷎ represents the Old Norwegian vowel , that in Old Icelandic merges with ø ‹ö›.