Ø

Ø (ø) is a vowel (bwym) and a letter (jixbuo) used in the Danish, Norwegian languages.

MLT Usage

In Modern Literal Taiwanese, this letter is used for the sound written in POJ and TL as a plain o, and spoken variously as [o], [ɤ], [ə]. For example, hør (good), øar (oyster), ørgiøo (jelly fig), and Ørciw (Australia) are all written with ø. The finals ø and iø appear in all seven tones, including øh and iøh.

The digraph øe can be used for unified spelling across dialects.

Computer Input

• macOS: option key and o
• Microsoft Windows:
  • Alt-0248: hold Alt and input 0248 on the keypad
  • using the "United States-International" keyboard setting, it can be typed by holding down the "Alt-Gr" (right Alt) key and pressing "L"
• MS Word: Ctrl / together, then press o

• Unicode, Ø is U+00D8 and ø is U+00F8
• HTML named character reference (numeric character reference):
  • Ø (Ø)
  • ø (ø)

History in Written Taiwanese

Taiwanese Modern Spelling System originally used an "o" crossed by a backslash. This was replaced by "ø" in Modern Literal Taiwanese. In some cases it is convenient to use "Q" or "0" in place of "ø".

Other uses

Ø, Denmark is a piece of land in the valley of the Nørreå in the eastern part of Jutland, Denmark. Its name means "island" (Danish: ø; Taigie: tøfsu).