Type: | alphabet |
Script: | Latin script |
Typedesc: | ic |
Usageperiod: | 1957-1986 |
Letter: | Ƅ ƅ |
Unicode: | U+0184, U+0185 |
Language: | Bouyei language, Zhuang language |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /link/ |
Fam1: | |
Fam2: | |
Fam3: | 6 |
Ƅ (minuscule: ƅ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet and Bouyei alphabet from 1957 to 1986 to indicate the sixth tone,[1] mid-level pronounced as /˧/. The 'b' shape was chosen for the letter because it resembles the digit '6', and the character represents the sixth tone. In 1986, it was replaced by h.