The letter Ö occurs in the Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Azeri, Turkish and Crimean Tatar alphabets, where it represents the vowel sound [ø]; and in the Swedish, Turkish and Icelandic alphabets representing [øː] (e.g. "öl"), [œ] (e.g. "kött") or [ɶ] (e.g. "dörr").
The letter also appears in the alphabet of Mongolia.
I also think it appears in some African languages (f.ex. in DR Congo).
Can anyone confirm this?
Jun 27 2007, 11:51 AM
lanfranco
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I always tend to think of the Germanic o-umlaut first when I see this letter. If it's an o-diaresis, as zbeck's site points out, it may even appear in English.
Jun 27 2007, 1:07 PM
Flynn_17
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Flynn_17 23 year member
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Don't forget Dutch and Afrikaans, where granted, the letter has a different use. It may also appear, rarely, in Welsh.
Jun 27 2007, 3:09 PM
Baloo55th
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It occurs in one or two of the other Scandinavian languages too. One uses an o with a /, but at least one other uses the dots. Hungarian also uses a form of ö with two short slanting lines on top instead of the dots. Too tired to find one for now.
Jun 27 2007, 3:39 PM
author
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In Norway, Denmark (and Greenland/Faroe Islands) we use the "ø" letter, which is the same as Swedish "ö".
Jun 27 2007, 4:21 PM
teenage-angel
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teenage-angel
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German - 'o' with an umlaut - i've just done GCSE German!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96
