| Latin theta | |
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| ϴ θ | |
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| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic andlogographic |
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| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
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Latin theta (uppercase:ϴ, lowercase:θ) is an additional letter of theLatin script, based on the lowercase lettertheta from theGreek alphabet. It is used inCypriot Arabic,Gros Ventre,Comox,Fox,Thompson,Tuscarora,Halkomelem,Wakhi,Yavapai,Havasupai–Hualapai, andRomani.[1] It also historically was used in theLepsius Standard Alphabet.
The letter appears in theInternational Standard Alphabet of theRomani language, where it represents thevoiceless alveolar plosive ([t]) when placed after avowel, and thevoiced alveolar plosive ([d]) when placed after anasal consonant.[1]
In theGros Ventre,Fox, andComox languages, it represents thevoiceless dental fricative ([θ]) sound.
It was used in theLepsius Standard Alphabet created for transcription ofEgyptian hieroglyphs andAfrican languages. In it, it represented thevoiceless dental fricative ([θ]) sound, before being replaced by the letterṮ.
Latin theta is also found inCypriot Arabic and the Latin script for theWakhi language.[2]
In 2021, the Latin thetas are not separately encoded in the Unicode standard.U+03F4 ϴGREEK CAPITAL THETA SYMBOL appears identical to the most common capital version; normal capital Greek theta is also seen.U+03B8 θGREEK SMALL LETTER THETA appears identical to the lowercase version.