Ɗ

unicode|Ɗ (minuscule: unicode|ɗ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. The lower case, IPA|ɗ represents a voiced dental or alveolar implosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is used with the same value in the orthographies of various languages, notably some African languages, such as Fula and Hausa.

The upper case unicode|Ɗ is formed from D with the addition of a hook.

In Unicode, the upper case is in the Latin Extended B range (U+018A), and the lower case is in the IPA range (U+0257).

ee also

Other hooked letters

*unicode|Ɓ ɓ
*unicode|Ƈ ƈ
*unicode|Ɠ ɠ
*unicode|Ƙ ƙ
*unicode|Ƥ ƥ
*unicode|Ƭ ƭ
*unicode|Ƴ ƴ

Alphabets with this letter

*Africa Alphabet
*African reference alphabet

External links

* [http://www.bisharat.net/Documents/poal30.htm Practical Orthography of African Languages]
* [http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0180.pdf "Latin Extended B: Range 0180-024F" (Unicode code chart)]
* [http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0250.pdf "IPA Extensions: Range 0250-02AF" (Unicode code chart)]