Re: unknown symbols

On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:22 AM, David McCann wrote:

> Looking at the contents of Latin Extended Additional, I realised that
> there were a lot of characters I didn't know. A bit of googling showed
> that no-one else seems to know them either! Can anyone here explain
> the
> uses of the following?
>
> ḁ (a ring below) ḉ (c cedilla acute) ḡ (g macron) ḣ (h dot
> above)
> ḧ (h dieresis) ḩ (h cedilla) ḿ (m acute) ṕ (p acute)
> ṥ (s acute & dot above) ṧ (s caron & dot above) ṩ (s dot above
> & below)
> ṳ (u dieresis below) ṽ (v tilde) ṿ (V dot below) ẙ (y ring
> over)
I have seen g-macron used in a Japanese text book for the sound which
can be pronounced as either [g] or [N].