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Reversed F

Not to be confused with the Claudian letter Ⅎ, a voiced palatal plosive /ɟ/ in IPA, or a former IPA symbol /ʇ/ for dental click /ǀ/.

Reversed F
ꟻ f
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originAbkhaz language, Abaza language, Kabardian language, Adyghe language
Sound values/ʃʷ/, [fʼ]
In UnicodeU+A7FB
History
Development
𓌉
  • 𐤅
    • Ϝ ϝ
      • 𐌅
        • F f
          • ꟻ f
Time period1920s—1930s
TransliterationsꚖ ꚗ, Шә шә, Фӏ фӏ
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Reversed F (ꟻ f ) is an additional Latin script letter used in epigraphic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia[1] or femina.[2] It was also formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s and 1930s.[3]

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Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.
  • Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.​​​
    Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.
  • Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.​​​
    Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.
  • Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)​​​
    Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)
  • Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)​​​
    Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)

Computing codes

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Epigraphic reversed F can be represented with the following Unicode (Latin Extended-D) characters, the lowercase however is not supported by Unicode.

Character information
Preview ꟻ
Unicode name LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER REVERSED F
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 43003 U+A7FB
UTF-8 234 159 187 EA 9F BB
Numeric character reference ꟻ ꟻ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hübner 1885, p. lxxiv.
  2. ^ Cagnat 1898, p. 374.
  3. ^ Joomagueldinov, Pentzlin & Yevlampiev 2012, p. ?.

Bibliography

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  • Cagnat, René (1898). Cours d’épigraphie latine. Paris: Fontemoing.
  • Hübner, Emil (1885). Exempla Scripturae Epigraphicae Latinae (in Latin). Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (18 October 2011). Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
  • Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (29 January 2012). Revised proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
  • Perry, David J. (2006). Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS (PDF).