V with curl
Appearance
ⱴ is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the phonetic transcription of African languages to represent a labiodental flap.
was devised over 60 years ago, before there was an official International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a labiodental flap. In 2005, the symbol "right-hook v",
, was added to the IPA to represent the sound.
Computer encoding
ⱴ is added to Unicode in version 5.0 (2006), as U+2C74 LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH CURL.