Turned h

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.

This article is about the letter ɥ ("turned h"). For its meaning in the IPA, see Voiced labial–palatal approximant.
Not to be confused with Ч (Cyrillic letter).
Ч
Ɥ ɥ
Upper and lower case turned H
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic and Logographic
Unicode codepointU+A78D, U+0265
History
Development
  • Ɥ ɥ
Other
Writing directionLeft-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]

References
  1. Lorna A. Priest (2008-04-23). "Proposal to Encode Additional Latin and Cyrillic Characters" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  2. Franklin, Benjamin. A Reformed Mode of Spelling. In Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces, pages 467-478. London, 1779.
  3. "Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union" (PDF). 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  4. Michael Everson (2012-04-29). "Proposal to encode "Unifon" and other characters in the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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