O With Slash

+## Languages that do not use it

+- Although [Icelandic](/wiki/icelandic) and [Swedish](/wiki/swedish) attempted to use the o with the stroke, it was not widely adopted.

+- Most [Romance](/wiki/romance) languages, such as [French](/wiki/french) or [Spanish](/wiki/spanish).

+- Most [Slavic](/wiki/slavic) languages, such as [Russian](/wiki/russian) or [Polish](/wiki/polish).

+- [English](/wiki/english).

+This letter is generally not used in:

+- Most [East Asian](/wiki/east_asian) languages, such as [Chinese](/wiki/chinese).

+- Most [South Asian](/wiki/south_asian) languages, such as [Hindi](/wiki/hindi).

+This letter is generally not used in most [East Asian](/wiki/east_asian) and [South Asian](/wiki/south_asian) languages.

+## Languages that ban it

+## Languages that use it

+- [Danish](/wiki/danish)

+- [Faroese](/wiki/faroese)

+**O With Slash** (Ø, ø) is a distinctive letter of the [Latin alphabet](/wiki/latin_alphabet). It commonly signifies a unique [vowel](/wiki/vowel) sound, notably in Nordic languages like Danish and Norwegian. This sound is often described as a close-mid front rounded vowel, similar to the 'ur' in English "blur" (in some accents) or the 'eu' in French "bleu". This symbol, essentially an "O" with a stroke, functions as a [diacritic](/wiki/diacritic) indicating a modified vocalization.

+- [Vowel](/wiki/vowel)

+**O With Slash** (Ø, ø) is a distinctive letter of the [Latin alphabet](/wiki/latin_alphabet). It commonly signifies a unique [vowel](/wiki/vowel) sound, notably in Nordic languages like Danish and Norwegian. This symbol, essentially an "O" with a stroke, functions as a [diacritic](/wiki/diacritic) indicating a modified vocalization.

+## See also

+- [Alphabet](/wiki/alphabet)

+- [Diacritic](/wiki/diacritic)

+- [Norwegian](/wiki/norwegian)