African D
Retroflex D (Ɖ, ɖ) is a Latin letter representing the voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ]. Its lower-case variant – d with tail, or d with retroflex hook – is also used to represent this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet (but in the transcription of Languages of India, the same sound may be represented by a d with dot below: ḍ).
The letter is a part of the African reference alphabet, and the upper-case variant is called African D in the Unicode standard, as it is mainly used by African languages such as Ewe,[1] Fon, Aja, and Bassa. The African D should not be confused with either the eth (Ð, ð) of Icelandic, Faroese and Old English or with the D with stroke (Đ, đ) of Vietnamese, Serbo-Croatian and Sami languages. However, the upper-case forms of these letters tend to look the same.
| Sample | Unicode | Name | HTML reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin Extended-B[2] | ||||
| Ɖ | U+0189 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AFRICAN D | Ɖ Ɖ | |
| IPA Extensions[3] | ||||
| ɖ | U+0256 | LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH TAIL (retroflex hook) | ɖ ɖ | |
References
- ↑ Omniglot: Ewe (Eʋegbe) (1998–). Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ The Unicode Standard: Latin Extended-B (1991–2010). Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ The Unicode Standard: IPA Extensions (1991–2010). Retrieved 21 January 2012.