Kha with hook

Kha with hook
Ӽ ӽ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/χ/, /ɣ/

Kha with hook (Ӽ ӽ; italics: Ӽ ӽ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] In Unicode, this letter is called "Ha with hook".[1] Its form is derived from the Cyrillic Kha (Х х Х х) by adding a hook to the right leg.

Kha with hook is used in the alphabets of the Itelmen and Nivkh languages, where it represents the voiceless uvular fricative /χ/, like the Scottish ch in loch, but harder. Kha with hook is also used in the Aleut language (Bering dialect).[2] It is the thirty-ninth letter of the modern Aleut alphabet. In Eastern Khanty's Vakh-Vasyugan dialect it represents the /ɣ/ sound. [3]

The letter Kha with descender (Ҳ ҳ Ҳ ҳ) is sometimes used for this sound instead because of letter font support.

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewӼӽ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
HA WITH HOOK
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
HA WITH HOOK
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1276U+04FC1277U+04FD
UTF-8211 188D3 BC211 189D3 BD
Numeric character referenceӼӼӽӽ

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 43. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  2. ↑ Головко, Е. В. (1994). Словарь алеутско-русский и русско-алеутский (беринговский диалект) [Aleut-Russian and Russian-Aleut Dictionary (Bering dialect)]. Отд-ние изд-ва "Просвещение". p. 14. ISBN 5-09-002312-3.
  3. ↑ G.L., Nakhracheva; Solovar, V.N.; Shiyanova, A.A. (2016). DIALEKTY KHANTYYSKOGO YAZYKA ДИАЛЕКТЫ ХАНТЫЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА. Khanty-Mansisk: Obsko-ugorskiy institut prikladnykh issledovaniy i razrabotok. ISBN 978-5-9631-0510-8.