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Encyclopedia > B with stroke

B with stroke (majuscule: Ƀ, minuscule: ƀ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from B with the addition of a bar, which can be through either the ascender or the bowl. It is used as a phonetic symbol representing a voiced bilabial fricative (IPA equivalent: β). Majuscules or capital letters (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Letter case. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... The letter B is the second letter of the modern Latin alphabet. ... The bar or stroke can be a diacritic mark, when used with some letters in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabets. ... The ascenders are the parts of the characters that lie above the midline, highlighted in red. ... Phonetic transcription (or phonetic notation) is the visual system of symbolization of the sounds occurring in spoken human language. ... The voiced bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ...


It is also a letter of the alphabets of the Jarai and Katu languages of Vietnam, and is used in standardized texts in Old Saxon as well as in reconstructed forms of Proto-Germanic The Jarai language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Jarai ethnic group of Vietnam and Cambodia. ... Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is a Germanic language. ... Map of the Pre-Roman Iron Age culture(s) associated with Proto-Germanic, c. ...


Unicode

The minuscule form has been present in Unicode since version 1 (1991), but the majuscule form was not added until version 5 (2006). It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Letter case. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Majuscules or capital letters (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. ...

Appearance Code points Name
Ƀ U+0243 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH STROKE
ƀ U+0180 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH STROKE

References

  • Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press, 21.


 

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