> Is it a distinct grapheme, or is it considered a variant of "o"?
I would say it is a variant of "o" we just called it... "o with a circumflex
accent" ("o avec un accent circonflex"). The difference between "o" and "ô"
is normally audible (for a French speaker). The relationship is the same
than with any other letter which sometimes have accents (e.g. "a" and "à",
"e" and "è", etc.).
The only little thing to know about French and diacritical mark is that when
doing a sort diacritical mark are evaluated from right to left. (e.g.
"cote" < "côte" < "coté" vs the English order "cote" < "coté" < "côte" ).
I'm just talking as a French Francophone not a linguist. May be someone on
this list knows why diacritical marks are sorted in French in such a funky
way :).
Cheers,
Thierry
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From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
To: unicode@unicode.org
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: [OT] o-circumflex
How do Francophones view the o-circumflex "ô" in relation to the letter "o"?
Is it a distinct grapheme, or is it considered a variant of "o"?
- Peter
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