Ʋ

Ʋ

Ʋ

Latin letter V with hook; used in some African alphabets and IPA

The letter V with hook (Majuscule: Ʋ, minuscule: ʋ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, based on an italic form of V, although it more closely resembles U. It is used in the orthographies of some African languages such as Ewe, and Shona from 1931 to 1955 to write [β]. In Mossi (Mooré) it is used to write [ʊ]. In Kabiye and Ikposso it is used to write [u] (with retracted tongue root). It is also used in the North American language Choctaw to write [ə].[1]

V hook as drawn in the African reference alphabet of 1978
Mossi text using a letter V with hook (third line, ed fãa tʋm).

Its lowercase form, [ʋ], is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a labiodental approximant.

Its Unicode code points are U+01B2 and U+028B, respectively.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Choctaw Dictionary". Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2024-01-22.


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