Turned v
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(December 2009) |
| Ʌ | |
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| Ʌ ʌ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | AlphabeticandLogographic |
| Sound values |
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| InUnicode | U+0245, U+028C |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Turned v(majuscule:Ʌ,minuscule:ʌ) is a letter of theLatin alphabet,based on a turned form of the letterV.
It is used in the orthographies ofDan,Ch’ol,Nankina,Northern Tepehuán,Temne,Oneida,andWounaanand also some orthographies ofIbibio.[1]
Its lowercase is used in theInternational Phonetic Alphabetto represent anopen-mid back unrounded vowel,the vowel inplusin many dialects of English.
Despite the similarity in appearance, the letter has no connection to the GreekΛ,CyrillicЛ,CJKradicalNhân,or Koreanㅅ.
In German and French handwriting, the numeral 1 often takes the form of a turned V, whereby the serif is extended down to the length of the main stroke.[2]
Character encoding
[edit]| Preview | ʌ | Ʌ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED V | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 652 | U+028C | 581 | U+0245 |
| UTF-8 | 202 140 | CA 8C | 201 133 | C9 85 |
| Numeric character reference | ʌ |
ʌ |
Ʌ |
Ʌ |
Related characters
[edit]Descendants and related letters in the Latin alphabet
[edit]- ʌ withdiacritics:ʌ́ ʌ̀
- ᶺ: Modifier letter small turned v is used in phonetic transcription[3]
See also
[edit]Similar symbols:
References
[edit]- ^Urua 2004
- ^"Misidentification of Alphanumeric Symbols in Both Handwritten and Computer-generated Information".ISMP Medication Safety Alert!.2 July 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 12 July 2009.
- ^Constable, Peter (2004-04-19)."L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS"(PDF).
Bibliography
[edit]- Urua, Eno-Abasi; Moses Ekpenyong and Dafydd Gibbon. 2004.Uyo Ibibio Dictionary.Preprint draft.online copy
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