Ɓ

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Ɓ U+0181, Ɓ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH HOOK
ƀ
[U+0180]
Latin Extended-B Ƃ
[U+0182]
An early form for capital ɓ, essentially Ƃ, is preferred for Dan and Kpelle in Liberia.

Fula

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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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 notes

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  • 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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Hausa

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Letter

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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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Maore Comorian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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Ɓ (lower case ɓ)

  1. The third letter of the Maore Comorian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ngas

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Pronunciation

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  1. IPA(key): /ɓ/

Letter

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Ɓ (lower case ɓ)

  1. A letter of the Ngas alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Zulu

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Etymology

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From IPA ɓ.

Letter

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Ɓ (upper case, lower case ɓ)

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