Open O

Open O

Open o (majuscule: Ɔ, minuscule: ɔ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open-mid back rounded vowel. It is used in the orthographies of many African languages using the African reference alphabet.

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ASCII

This character does not exist in ASCII.

Unicode

In Unicode, the majuscule Ɔ is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block at U+0186 and the minuscule ɔ is encoded at U+0254.

In some Windows programs, the lower case ɔ can be typed by pressing Alt + 596 and the capital Ɔ, by pressing Alt + 390.

Similar letters

Johann Martin Schleyer proposed an alternate form with a broken O for Ö in Volapük but it was rarely used.
The first of these Claudian letters is the antisigma.

The letter looks like a reversed C. Claudius introduced a reversed C (the antisigma) with the intention of replacing bs and ps.

The Yucatec Maya language used a reversed C as a consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now dz or tz' is preferred.

See also

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Letter O with diacritics
Óó Òò Ŏŏ Ôô Ốố Ồồ Ỗỗ Ổổ Ǒǒ Öö Ȫȫ Őő Õõ Ṍṍ Ṏṏ Ȭȭ Ȯȯ O͘o͘ Ȱȱ Øø Ǿǿ Ǫǫ Ǭǭ Ōō Ṓṓ Ṑṑ
Ỏỏ Ȍȍ Ȏȏ Ơơ Ớớ Ờờ Ỡỡ Ởở Ợợ Ọọ Ộộ Ɵɵ Ɔɔ
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