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Ɓ (minuscule: ɓ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. The lower case, ɓ represents a voiced bilabial implosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet. A voiced bilabial implosive is a type of Consonantal sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic It is used with the same value in the orthographies of various languages, notably some African languages, such as Fula and Hausa. The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific Writing system to write the language There are an estimated 2000 Languages spoken in Africa. About a hundred of these are widely used for inter-ethnic communication The Fula language is a language of West Africa, spoken by the Ful{{IPA|ɓ}}e (Fula or Fulani people from Senegambia and Guinea to Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers spoken as a first Language by about 24 million people and as a second language by about 15 It was also formerly used in or at least proposed for Xhosa and Zulu. Xhosa (ˈkǁʰoːsa ( isiXhosa) is one of the Official languages of South Africa. Zulu (called isiZulu in Zulu is a Language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers the vast majority (over 95% of whom live in South
The upper case Ɓ is formed from B with the addition of a hook. B is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled bee or occasionally be (biː plural bees. See also Horn (diacritic Ɓ ɓ Ƈ ƈ Ɗ ɗ Ɠ ɠ
In Unicode, the upper case Ɓ is in the Latin Extended B range (U+0181), and the lower case ɓ is in the IPA range (U+0253). In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's Unicode as of version 51 defines the following ranges for encoding the Latin alphabet and derived characters See also Mapping of Unicode characters The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic
Alternative or obsolete capital form
The Practical Orthography for African Languages (1930 ed. ) used a different capital form, similar to the Cyrillic letter be (Б). The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by [1] A New Testament in the Loma language of Liberia, which was typeset in 1971 used this capital form. Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire [2]
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Similar letters
Other hooked letters
Alphabets with this letter
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References
- Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. Ƃ ( minuscule: ƃ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. It is similar to the Cyrillic Б б in appearance The Zhuang language ( autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь) is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by ᵷ or turned g is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed by rotating G 180 °. Ƈ ( minuscule: ƈ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from C with the addition of a hook. Ɗ ( minuscule: ɗ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. The lower case ɗ represents a voiced dental or alveolar implosive in the G with hook (majuscule Ɠ, minuscule ɠ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. Ƙ ( minuscule: ƙ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in Hausa to represent an ejective k ( IPA: /kʼ/ Ƴ ( minuscule: ƴ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from Y with the addition of a hook. The Africa Alphabet (also International African Alphabet or IAI alphabet) was developed in 1928 under the lead of Diedrich Westermann. An African reference alphabet was first proposed in 1978 by a UNESCO -organized conference held in Niamey, Niger, and the proposed Alphabet Professor Geoffrey K Pullum (born March 8, 1945 in Irvine, Scotland) is a linguist specialising in the study of English (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press, 23.
- "Latin Extended B: Range 0180-024F" (Unicode code chart)
- "IPA Extensions: Range 0250-02AF" (Unicode code chart)
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ISO 646 is an ISO standard that since 1972 has specified a 7- Bit character code from which several national standards are derived The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a (eɪ plural B is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled bee or occasionally be (biː plural bees. C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cee or occasionally ce (siː D is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled dee or occasionally de (diː E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (iː plural es or ees (also written E's E F is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ef or eff (ɛf G is the seventh letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled gee or occasionally ge (dʒiː I is the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its English name is i (aɪ J is the tenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet; it was the last of the 26 letters to be added K is the eleventh letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled kay (keɪ L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is el or occasionally ell (ɛl M is the thirteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled em (ɛm N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled en (ɛn O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin Alphabet. Its name in English is spelled o (oʊ plural usually o's or os; sometimes P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled pee or occasionally pe (piː Q is the seventeenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cue (kjuː R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ar (ɑr pronounced or) S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ess or occasionally es (ɛs generally es- T is the twentieth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled tee or occasionally te (tiː U is the twenty-first letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled u (juː V is the twenty-second letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled vee or occasionally ve (viː W is the twenty-third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled double-u (ˈdʌbljuː X is the twenty-fourth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ex or occasionally ecks (ɛks plural exes The letter Y is the twenty-fifth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Z is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the modern Latin alphabet. A diacritic ( also called a diacritic or diacritical mark, point, or sign, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation Overdot See also Anusvara Language scripts or transcription schemes that use the dot above a letter as a diacritical mark In Arabic romanization Overdot See also Anusvara Language scripts or transcription schemes that use the dot above a letter as a diacritical mark In Arabic romanization Ḇ ( minuscule: ḇ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from B with the addition of an Underline Diacritic. B with stroke ( Majuscule: Ƀ, minuscule: ƀ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from B with the addition of a Ƃ ( minuscule: ƃ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. It is similar to the Cyrillic Б б in appearance The palatal hook ( ̡ is a type of hook diacritic formerly used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent Palatalized consonants. See also Horn (diacritic Ɓ ɓ Ƈ ƈ Ɗ ɗ Ɠ ɠ Ƈ ( minuscule: ƈ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from C with the addition of a hook. Ɗ ( minuscule: ɗ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. The lower case ɗ represents a voiced dental or alveolar implosive in the G with hook (majuscule Ɠ, minuscule ɠ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. Ƙ ( minuscule: ƙ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in Hausa to represent an ejective k ( IPA: /kʼ/ Ƴ ( minuscule: ƴ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from Y with the addition of a hook. The Latin alphabet originated in the 7th century BC, undergoing a history of 2500 years before emerging as one of the dominant Writing systems in use today Palaeography, palæography ( British) or paleography ( American) (from the Greek grc παλαιός palaiós, Variants of the Latin alphabet are used by the Writing systems of many languages throughout the world A diacritic ( also called a diacritic or diacritical mark, point, or sign, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. Unicode as of version 51 defines the following ranges for encoding the Latin alphabet and derived characters See also Mapping of Unicode characters List of Latin letters. Basic alphabet Extensions and ligatures Letters with diacritics Digraphs trigraphs and tetragraphs
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