Turned H (uppercase: Ɥ, lowercase: ɥ) is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet, based on a turned form of H. It is used in the Dan language in

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. Its lowercase form is used in the

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to represent the

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. It was also historically used in the Abaza, Abkhaz, and the Vassali

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Usage

An early usage of turned h appeared in

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where it represented � During Latinisation, the letter would appear in the Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932 where it denoted the sound ͡ɕ and in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1924 where it denoted the sound ͡ʃʰ The letter also appeared in the Vassalli

, and the Metelko alphabet for Slovene, where it stood for the sound ͡ʃ In the Metelko alphabet, Maltese, Abaza, and Abkhaz languages, the letter had a capital form Ч, identical to the Cyrillic letter Che. This letter was also used in the first version of

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References

{{Latin script, h H Phonetic transcription symbols