Tone five (letter)

Latin letter tone five
Latin letter tone five
Ƽ ƽ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	Zhuang languages
Sound values	[˧˥]
In Unicode	U+01BC U+01BD
History
Development	5 Ƽ ƽ;
Time period	1957–1986
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Ƽ (minuscule: ƽ) was a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet from 1957 to 1986 to indicate its fifth tone, high-rising [˧˥].^[1] In 1986 it was replaced by q.

Writing systemLatin script

Typealphabetic

Language of originZhuang languages

Sound values[˧˥]

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It originates from an alteration of the numeral 5.

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