V with curl

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ⱴ (lowercase only) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the phonetic transcription of African languages to represent a labiodental flap. Although not an approved symbol of the International Phonetic Alphabet, it had been widely used^[1] to represent this sound. In 2005, the symbol right-hook v, ⱱ, was added to the IPA to represent the sound.^[2]

Computer encoding

Character information
Preview	ⱴ
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH CURL
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	11380	U+2C74
UTF-8	226 177 180	E2 B1 B4
Numeric character reference	ⱴ	ⱴ

References

^ Lorna A. Priest: Revised Proposal for Additional Latin Phonetic and Orthographic Characters, p.16 (PDF; 2.5 MB)
^ "SIL linguist successfully proposes new phonetic symbol". SIL Global. 2005-10-21. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

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[1] Lorna A. Priest: Revised Proposal for Additional Latin Phonetic and Orthographic Characters, p.16 (PDF; 2.5 MB)

[2] "SIL linguist successfully proposes new phonetic symbol". SIL Global. 2005-10-21. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

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