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The Scandinavian explanatory symbol (''forklaringstegnet'') can be typeset using the open o followed by a colon, thus: ɔ:. It is used to mean "namely", "id est", "scilicet" or similar.
This letter is often used to refer to the Copyleft official sign, which looks like an open o with a circle around it.
majuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
: Ɔ, minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
: ɔ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic transcription, phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standa ...
, it represents the open-mid back rounded vowel. It is used in the orthographies of many African languages using the African reference alphabet
An African reference alphabet was first proposed in 1978 by a UNESCO-organized conference held in Niamey, Niger, and the proposed alphabet was revised in 1982. The conference recommended the use of single letters for a sound (that is, a phoneme) ...
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The Yucatec Maya language used Ɔ as a consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now ''dz'' or ''tz''' is preferred.
Unicode
On the macOS US Extended keyboard, ''ɔ'' and ''Ɔ'' can be typed with followed by or . On a personal computer, ''ɔ'' can be typed by holding the ALT key and typing ''596'' on the number keypad. The capital ''Ɔ'' can be typed similarly by using ALT+390.Related characters
Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
*Ɔ withdiacritic
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacriti ...
s: ɔ́ ɔ̀ ɔ̃ ᶗ
* Uralic Phonetic Alphabet-specific symbols related to Ɔ :
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Similar looking letters
The first of these Claudian letters is the ''antisigma''. Open o looks like a reversed letter 'C'.
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...
introduced a Ɔ (the '' antisigma'') with the intention of replacing ''bs'' and ''ps''.
The Scandinavian explanatory symbol (''forklaringstegnet'') can be typeset using the open o followed by a colon, thus: ɔ:. It is used to mean "namely", "id est", "scilicet" or similar.
This letter is often used to refer to the Copyleft official sign, which looks like an open o with a circle around it.
See also
* Open E * Writing systems of Africa § Latin script * OmicronReferences
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