#circumflex

Also the circumflex (âêîôû) has no formal rules and can go over any letter you want not just vowels. Because it doesn't do anything anyway. And every letter deserves a little pârty hât.

How to Create a Romanisation System for Your #Conlang: Includes rant about #Klingon

The name of Nìmpyèshiu’s native writing system: in Nìmpyèwèn (left), romanised (top-right),  and in IPA transcription (bottom-right).

I like IPA a lot, and I always highly recommend using it when creating and describing your conlang’s phonology. However, most people don’t even know what the IPA is and they may interpret that first sentence rather differently. In some situations, it is more…

n. Any of several marks, especially ( ^ ), used over a vowel in certain languages or in phonetic keys to indicate quality of pronunciation.

adj. Having this mark.