The qp ligature, ȹ, is a
typographic ligature
In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined to form a single glyph. Examples are the characters æ and œ used in English and French, in which the letters 'a' and 'e' are joined for the first li ...
of
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''
q'' and ''
p'', and is used in some
phonetic transcription
Phonetic transcription (also known as phonetic script or phonetic notation) is the visual representation of speech sounds (or ''phones'') by means of symbols. The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet, such as the ...
systems, particularly for
African languages
The languages of Africa are divided into several major language families:
* Niger–Congo or perhaps Atlantic–Congo languages (includes Bantu and non-Bantu, and possibly Mande and others) are spoken in West, Central, Southeast and Southern A ...
, to represent a
voiceless labiodental plosive
The voiceless labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in This can be represented in the IPA as . A separate symbol not recognized by the IPA that was occasionally ...
, for example in the
Zulu sequence .
In Unicode
References
Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH' (U+0239)*
See also
*
ȸ
QP
QP
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