Ɓ

Ɓ (minuscule: ɓ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. The lower case, ɓ represents a voiced bilabial implosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is used with the same value in the orthographies of various languages, notably some African languages, such as Fula and Hausa. It was also formerly used in or at least proposed for Xhosa and Zulu.

The upper case Ɓ is formed from B with the addition of a hook.

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).

[edit] 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).^[1] A New Testament in the Loma language of Liberia, which was typeset in 1971 used this capital form. ^[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] Similar letters

• Ƃ ƃ (Zhuang)
• Б б (Cyrillic)
• Turned g (lowercase)

[edit] Other hooked letters

• Ƈ ƈ
• Ɗ ɗ
• Ɠ ɠ
• Ƙ ƙ
• Ƥ ƥ
• Ƭ ƭ
• Ƴ ƴ

[edit] Alphabets with this letter

• Africa Alphabet
• African reference alphabet
• Pan-Nigerian Alphabet
• Alphabets for the following specific languages:
  • Fula (see also Fula orthographies
  • Hausa

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press. p. 23. 
• "Latin Extended B: Range 0180-024F" (Unicode code chart)
• "IPA Extensions: Range 0250-02AF" (Unicode code chart)

[edit] External links

• Practical Orthography of African Languages