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O with turned comma above right
Oʻ oʻ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	Uzbek language
Sound values	/o/
In Unicode	U+004F U+02BB, U+006F U+02BB
History
Development	O Oʻ oʻ
Time period	1995 to present
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Oʻ (o with turned comma above right; minuscule: oʻ) is the 25th letter of the Uzbek Latin alphabet, representing the close-mid back rounded vowel /o/. It was adopted in the May 1995 revision of the alphabet, replacing Ö. It was also used in the Karakalpak alphabet until 2016, when it was replaced with Ó. In the Uzbek Cyrillic alphabet, it corresponds to Ў.

Encodings

In Unicode, Oʻ is not encoded as a precomposed character, but rather as a sequence of U+004F O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O or U+006F o LATIN SMALL LETTER O and U+02BB ʻ MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA. Since the modifier letter isn't readily typeable on the Uzbek Latin keyboard layouts shipped with Microsoft Windows as of 2022, the substitution of other characters such as U+0027 ' APOSTROPHE and U+2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK is very common.

See also

• Ö
• Short U (Cyrillic)

References

1. "71-I-son 06.05.1995. Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining "Lotin yozuviga asoslangan oʻzbek alifbosini joriy etish toʻgʻrisida"gi Qonuniga oʻzgartishlar kiritish haqida". National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
2. "Qaysi biri to'g'ri: O'zbekiston, O'zbekiston, O'zbekiston yoki Oʻzbekiston?". Озодлик Радиоси (in Uzbek). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

• Latin letters with diacritics
• Uzbek language