Turned h
Additional letter of the Latin alphabet
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Turned H (uppercase: Ɥ, lowercase: ɥ) is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet, based on a turned form of H. It is used in the Dan language in Liberia.[1] Its lowercase form is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the voiced labial–palatal approximant. It was also historically used in the Abaza, Abkhaz, and the Vassali Maltese alphabet.
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| Ɥ | |
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| Ɥ ɥ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| In Unicode | U+A78D, U+0265 |
| History | |
| Development | |
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| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Usage
An early usage of turned h appeared in Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet where it represented [ʌ].[2]
During Latinisation, the letter would appear in the Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932 where it denoted the sound [t͡ɕ], and in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1924 where it denoted the sound [t͡ʃʰ].[3] The letter also appeared in the Vassalli Maltese alphabet, and the Metelko alphabet for Slovene, where it stood for the sound [t͡ʃ].
In the Metelko alphabet, Maltese, Abaza, and Abkhaz languages, the letter had a capital form ⟨Ч⟩, identical to the Cyrillic letter Che. This letter was also used in the first version of Unifon.[4]