ⵡ

ⵡ U+2D61, ⵡ TIFINAGH LETTER YAW ← ⵠ [U+2D60] Tifinagh ⵢ → [U+2D62]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jaw/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

ⵡ (w)

1. A Tifinagh letter: the thirtieth letter of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [u̞(w)]

Letter:

• IPA^(key): /jaw/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [jæ̝w]

Letter

ⵡ • (w)

1. yaw, a Tifinagh letter, the twenty-eighth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Modified from the Libyco-Berber letter (w), from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”). Doublet of ⵓ (u) and ⴻ (e). Compare Latin U, V.

Letter

ⵡ (w)

1. yaw, a Tifinagh letter, the twenty-eighth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

See also

• Neo-Tifinagh script letters: ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (iskkiln): ⴰ, ⴱ, ⴳ, ⴷ, ⴹ, ⴻ, ⴼ, ⴽ, ⵀ, ⵃ, ⵄ, ⵅ, ⵇ, ⵉ, ⵊ, ⵍ, ⵎ, ⵏ, ⵓ, ⵔ, ⵕ, ⵖ, ⵙ, ⵚ, ⵛ, ⵜ, ⵟ, ⵡ, ⵢ, ⵣ, ⵥ ^[edit]

References

• “ⵡ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022