Latin delta (ẟ, lower-case only) is aLatin letter similar in appearance to theGreek lowercase letterdelta (δ), but derived from the handwritten Latin lowercased. It is also known as "script d" or "insular d" and is used inmedieval Welsh transcriptions for the[ð] sound (Englishth inthis) represented by "dd" inModern Welsh but used inWahki.
A proposal to include several medieval characters in theUniversal Character Set[1] included this character with the name LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT D. This was renamed to LATIN SMALL LETTER DELTA[2] and added toUnicode as U+1E9F[3] when Unicode 5.1 was released on 4 April 2008.
U+018D ƍLATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED DELTA is anonstandard symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced "labialized" alveolar or dental fricative.
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