Reversed F
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Reversed F (ꟻ ) is an additional letter of Latin writing used in epigrahic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia[1] or femina.[2] It was also formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Reversed F | |
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ꟻ | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | alphabetic |
Language of origin | Abkhaz language, Abaza language, Kabardian language, Adyghe language |
Phonetic usage | /ʃʷ/, [fʼ] |
Unicode codepoint | U+A7FB |
History | |
Development | 𓌉
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Time period | 1920s to 1930s |
Transliteration equivalents | Ꚗ ꚗ, Шә шә, Фӏ фӏ |
Other | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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It is not to be confused with the turned digamma ⟨Ⅎ ⅎ⟩ or with turned f ⟨ɟ⟩.