db ligature
| Db ligature | |
|---|---|
| ȸ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | [b̪] |
| In Unicode | U+0238 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
The db ligature, ȸ, is a typographic ligature of Latin d and b, and is used in Africanist linguistics for the transcription of certain African languages to represent [b̪], for example in the Zulu sequence [ɱȸv]. ȸ was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, as U+0238 LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH. As of 2010, only a handful of fonts can display the character. These include Charis SIL, Code2000, Doulos SIL, Ubuntu, and DejaVu fonts.
Unicode character
| Preview | ȸ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 568 | U+0238 |
| UTF-8 | 200 184 | C8 B8 |
| Numeric character reference | ȸ | ȸ |
See also
- ȹ, its voiceless counterpart
References
- Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press. p. 159.
External links
Look up ȸ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.