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| Ʌ | |
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| Ʌ ʌ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic andLogographic |
| Sound values |
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| In Unicode | U+0245, U+028C |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
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, andWounaan and also some orthographies ofIbibio.[1]
Its lowercase is used in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet to represent anopen-mid back unrounded vowel, the vowel inplus in many dialects of English.
Despite the similarity in appearance, the letter has no connection to the GreekΛ or CyrillicЛ.
| Preview | ʌ | Ʌ | ||
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| 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 |
Similar symbols:
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