The letter Ⱳ (
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 ...
: ⱳ), called W with hook, is a letter of the
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
based on the letter
W. It is used in the orthographies of languages in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
: the
Puguli language
Puguli or Phuie (Pwĩẽ) is the language of the Phuo people. It is spoken in Burkina Faso.
Writing System
Nasalization is indicated with a tilde
The tilde () or , is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character came in ...
and the
Lobiri language.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 Proposal summary form to accompany submissions for additions to the repertoire of ISO/IEC 10646
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The majuscule and the minuscule are located at U+2C72 and U+2C73 in Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology Technical standard, standard for the consistent character encoding, encoding, representation, and handling of Character (computing), text expre ...
, respectively.
See also
* : Ligature VY
References
Latin-script letters
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