Peter, > > Note that the example you posted also had an h-ogonek, so the > > usage is not limited to vowels, per se. > > Indeed. > > > > (Although that particular > > entity itself is a little bizarre, since you cannot really > > nasalize a voiceless glottal fricative. > > Then you'd be even more surprised at c-ogonek. (IJAL 65, p. 331.)
Used for what? Unless it is a dyslexic c-cedilla, my guess on that one is that it actually *is* a c with a retroflex hook, on analogy with IPA U+0282 and U+0290, and then following the Americanist tradition of using the c symbol, with appropriate diacritics, to represent the relevant affricate articulatorily paired with the fricative. Thus /c/ for a dental affricate, /c-hacek/ for a palato-alveolar affricate, /c-underdot/ for a retroflex affricate, and so on. --Ken