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   From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de   
      
   Antonio Marques  wrote or quoted:   
   >It's half a long marker, which we usually write : for in here.   
      
     If you use ":" for half-lengthening, like in "oˑ",   
     what do you actually use for lengthening, like in "oː"?   
      
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