Open O
| Ɔ ɔ |
| Ɔ ɔ |
Open o (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.
Unicode
| Character | Ɔ | ɔ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OPEN O | LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | 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 Mac OS U.S. Extended keyboard, ɔ and Ɔ can be typed with ⌥ Option+: followed by c or C.
Similar letters
Johann Martin Schleyer proposed an alternate form with a broken O for Ö in Volapük but it was rarely used.
The first of these Claudian letters is the antisigma.
The letter looks like a reversed letter 'C'. Claudius introduced a Ɔ (the antisigma) with the intention of replacing bs and ps.
The Yucatec Maya language used Ɔ as a consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now dz or tz' is preferred.
See also
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