Latin letter tone five | |
Letter: | Ƽ ƽ |
Script: | Latin script |
Typedesc: | ic |
Fam1: | 5 |
Language: | Zhuang languages |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /˧˥/ |
Unicode: | U+01BC U+01BD |
Usageperiod: | 1957–1986 |
Type: | alphabet |
Ƽ (minuscule: ƽ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet from 1957 to 1986 to indicate its fifth tone, high-rising pronounced as /˧˥/.[1] In 1986 it was replaced by q.
It originates from an alteration of the numeral 5.