Turned v
| Ʌ | |
|---|---|
| Ʌ ʌ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Sound values |
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| In Unicode | U+0245, U+028C |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Ʌ (minuscule: ʌ), known as turned V, is a Latin-script letter. It is based on a turned form of the letter V.
It is used in the orthographies of Dan, Ch’ol, Nankina, Northern Tepehuán, Temne, Oneida, and Wounaan and also some orthographies of Ibibio.[1]
Its lowercase is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent an open-mid back unrounded vowel, the vowel in plus in many dialects of English.
Despite the similarity in appearance, the letter has no connection to the Greek Λ or Cyrillic Л.
Character encoding
| Preview | ʌ | Ʌ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Related characters
Descendants and related letters in the Latin alphabet
- ʌ with diacritics: ʌ́ ʌ̀
- ᶺ : Modifier letter small turned v is used in phonetic transcription[2]
See also
Similar symbols:
References
- ↑ Urua 2004
- ↑ Constable, Peter (2004-04-19). "L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS" (PDF).
Bibliography
- Urua, Eno-Abasi; Moses Ekpenyong and Dafydd Gibbon. 2004. Uyo Ibibio Dictionary. Preprint draft. online copy