Ɓ U+0181, Ɓ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH HOOK
ƀ
[U+0180]
Latin Extended-B Ƃ
[U+0182]

TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

Ɓ (lower case ɓ)

  1. The letter B with a hook, Pan-Nigerian and African Reference alphabets.

See alsoEdit

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

Ɓ (lower case ɓ)

  1. The third letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script. Preceded by B and followed by C, and representing /ɓ/.

Usage notesEdit

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
  • This letter in Pular (Guinea) was represented by digraph Bh in Guinean alphabet until the 1980s.

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HausaEdit

LetterEdit

Ɓ (lower case ɓ)

  1. The third letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Latin script. Preceded by B and followed by C, and representing /ɓ/.

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ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From IPA ɓ.

LetterEdit

Ɓ (upper case, lower case ɓ)

  1. Obsolete letter formerly used to represent the phoneme /ɓ/. Replaced by B.