Open O
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Ɔ | |
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Ɔ ɔ | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
Sound values | |
In Unicode | U+0186, U+0254 |
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Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Open o or turned c (majuscule: Ɔ, minuscule: ɔ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open-mid back rounded vowel. It is used in the orthographies of many African languages using the African reference alphabet.
The Yucatec Maya language used Ɔ to transcribe the alveolar ejective affricate [t͡sʼ] consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now dz or tsʼ is preferred. [1]
Unicode
[edit]Preview | Ɔ | ɔ | ||
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Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OPEN O | LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 390 | U+0186 | 596 | U+0254 |
UTF-8 | 198 134 | C6 86 | 201 148 | C9 94 |
Numeric character reference | Ɔ |
Ɔ |
ɔ |
ɔ |
On the macOS US Extended keyboard, ɔ and Ɔ can be typed with ⌥ Option+: followed by c or C.[citation needed]
Related characters
[edit]Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
[edit]- Ɔ with diacritics: ɔ́ ɔ̀ ɔ̃ ᶗ[2]
- Uralic Phonetic Alphabet-specific symbols related to Ɔ :[3]
- U+1D10 ᴐ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL OPEN O
- U+1D12 ᴒ LATIN SMALL LETTER SIDEWAYS OPEN O
- U+1D53 ᵓ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL OPEN O
Similar looking letters
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Claudian_letters.svg/220px-Claudian_letters.svg.png)
Open o looks like a reversed letter 'C'. Claudius introduced a Ɔ (the antisigma) with the intention of replacing bs and ps.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ivar_Aasen._%281873%29_Norsk_ordbog_med_dansk_forklaring._Christiania_-_p.175.png/400px-Ivar_Aasen._%281873%29_Norsk_ordbog_med_dansk_forklaring._Christiania_-_p.175.png)
The Scandinavian explanatory symbol (forklaringstegnet) can be typeset using the open o followed by a colon, thus: ɔ:. It is used to mean "namely", "id est", "scilicet" or similar.[4]
This letter is often used to refer to the Copyleft official sign, which looks like an open o with a circle around it.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mathews, Peter. "Who's who in the Classic Maya world: Orthography used in the Who's Who". Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Constable, Peter (2004-04-19). "L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS" (PDF).
- ^ Everson, Michael; et al. (2002-03-20). "L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS" (PDF).
- ^ "Forklaringstegnet: en savnet del av det typografiske repertoar?". Typografi i Norge (in Norwegian). 2006-08-02 [last updated 2010-09-29]. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05.