E with stroke

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Ɇ (lowercase: ɇ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from E with the addition of a diagonal stroke through the letter. It is used in the 1989 orthography of the Mazahua language, where it represents [ɛ], as well in a few other languages of Mexico such as Chinantec of Ojitlán or Chichimeca Jonaz language.[citation needed]

Latin E with stroke.

Both the capital and lowercase variants of E with stroke were added to Unicode in 2004. In the Secretaría de Educación Pública de México's alphabet for the Indigenous language Mazahua, the version of a letter with a slash through it is used to mark a nasalized vowel.[1]

Ɇ is also used in some alphabets for the Tlahuica language (also known as Pjyɇkakjo or Ocuiltec). In these alphabets, the slash indicates a centralized version of a vowel, so ɇ represents a mid central vowel [ə].[2]

Jacques Pelletier du Mans used ɇ in his proposal for the reform of French orthography Dialoguɇ Dɇ l’Ortografɇ e Prononciation Françoęſɇ (1550), but this failed to gain traction.[3]

Code positions

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Character information
PreviewɆɇ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL E WITH STROKE LATIN SMALL E WITH STROKE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode582U+0246583U+0247
UTF-8201 134C9 86201 135C9 87
Numeric character referenceɆɆɇɇ
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