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ʕ

  1. (IPA) a voiced pharyngeal fricative or approximant.
    (superscript ⟨ˤ⟩) pharyngealization (primarily). See details at ˤ.

A consonant transcribed ⟨ʕ⟩ in several Semitic languages is actually a pharyngealized glottal stop [ʔˤ].

  • The caseless IPA letter, used i.a. in Nootka

  • The capital form   used in Pilaga

  • The lower-case form   in Pilaga

  • The gelded reversed question mark is a common graphic variant

ʕ (no case)

  1. A letter of the Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) alphabet.
  • IPA(key): /ʕ/ (sometimes [ɢ̆])

ʕ (no case)

  1. A letter of the Okanagan alphabet.

ʕ (upper case Γ)

  1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.