Ê, ê (e-circumflex) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, found in Afrikaans, French, Friulian, Kurdish, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Welsh. It is used to transliterate Chinese, Persian, and Ukrainian. Usage in various languages Afrikaans Ê is not considered a separate letter in Afrikaans but a variation of "E". The circumflex changes the pronunciation of "e" to be (or if the succeeding consonant is either a dorsal or a liquid) Chinese In the Pinyin romanization of Standard Mandarin Chinese, ê represents . It corresponds to Zhuyin ㄝ. The circumflex occurs only if ê is the only letter in the syllable: ề (; "eh!"). Without the circumflex, e as, the only letter in the syllable, represents : è (; "hungry"). Elsewhere, is written as a (before n) or e (at the end of a syllable), with the appropriate tone mark,: xiān (; "first"), xuǎn (; "to choose"), xué (; "to learn"), xièxie (; "thanks"). In Pe̍h-ōe-jī, ê is the fifth tone of e: ê (; possessive, adjectival suffix). French Diacritics are not considered to be distinct letters of the French alphabet. In French, ê changes the pronunciation of e from /ə/ to /ɛ/. It is used instead of "è" for words that used to be written "es". Friulian Ê represents and . Italian Ê occasionally used to represent or in words like fêro (they did). Khmer Ê is used in UNGEGN romanization system for Khmer to represent and , for example Khmêr ( ) and Dângrêk Mountains ( ). Kurdish Ê is the 7th letter of the Kurdish Kurmanji alphabet and represents /eː/. Norwegian Nynorsk In Nynorsk, ê is used to represent the reduction of the Old Norse sequence <eð>, similar to the use of ê for the historical sequence <es> in French. It is mostly used to differenciate words which would be spelled the same without the diacritic, e.g. vêr 'weather' and ver, imperative of 'to be'. Persian Ê is used in the Persian Latin (Rumi) alphabet, equivalent to ع. Portuguese In Portuguese, ê marks a stressed only in words whose stressed syllable is in an otherwise unpredictable location in the word: "pêssego" (peach). The letter, pronounced , can also contrast with é, pronounced , as in pé (foot). Tibetan Ê is used in Tibetan pinyin to represent , for example Gêrzê County. Ukrainian Ê is used in the ISO 9:1995 system of Ukrainian transliteration as the letter Є.