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ƀ U+0180, ƀ
LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH STROKE
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Latin Extended-B Ɓ
The letter ƀ has a variant with the stroke through the bowl, used i.a. in Kiowa.

Translingual

Symbol

  1. (NAPA, bowl-struck variant) A voiced bilabial fricative (IPA )

Jarai

Pronunciation

Letter

ƀ (upper case Ƀ)

  1. The fifth letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Kiowa

Pronunciation

Letter

(upper case )

  1. (Bowl-struck variant) An unaspirated 'p' sound; alphabetized before b.

See also

Old Saxon

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /v/

Letter

ƀ (upper case Ƀ)

  1. A letter of the Old Saxon alphabet.

Pilagá

Pronunciation

Letter

(upper case )

  1. (Bowl-struck variant) A letter of the Pilagá alphabet.

See also

Slovene

Etymology

Letter b with a stroke to signify partial spirantization, which is sometimes also used in other phonetic transcriptions.

Pronunciation

  • (sound, unofficial): IPA(key):

Symbol

ƀ

  1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of partially spirantized , .

Usage notes

Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately , no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.

See also

See also

References

  • Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎ (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30