Ṕ Explained

P with acute
Letter:Ṕ ṕ
Script:Latin script
Type:alphabet
Typedesc:ic
Language:Washo
Chimane (Gill alphabet)
Abkhaz language (ISO 9 romanization)
Lower Sorbian (obsolete)
Middle Polish (obsolete)
Phonemes:pronounced as /[pʼ]/, pronounced as /[pʰ]/, pronounced as /[pʲ]/ (formerly)
Unicode:1E54 (uppercase), 1E55 (lowercase)
Fam1:D21
Fam10:P p
Usageperiod:16th century to present
Directon:Left-to-Right

P with acute (majuscule: , minuscule: ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by addition of the acute diacritic over the letter P. It is used in Washo, Chimane alphabet by Wayne Gill,[1] and in the ISO 9 romanization of Abkhaz language. In the past, it was used in Lower Sorbian[2] and Middle Polish.

Usage

In Washo, it represents the bilabial ejective stop (pronounced as /[pʼ]/) sound.

In the ISO 9 romanization of Abkhaz language, the letter replaces pe with middle hook (majuscule: Ҧ, minuscule: ҧ), which is pronounced as aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive (pronounced as /[pʰ]/) sound.[3]

The letter appeared in the alphabet made by Jan Kochanowski for the Middle Polish language, that was used from 16th until 18th century. It represented the palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive (pronounced as /[pʲ]/) sound.[4] [5]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Jeanette Sake, A Grammar of Mosetén, p. 504.
  2. Georg Kral, Grammatik der Wendischen Sprache in der Oberlausitz
  3. Information et documentation — Translittération des caractères cyrilliques en caractères latins — Langues slaves et non slaves, table 3, p. 8.
  4. Web site: Skąd się wzięły znaki diakrytyczne?. 2plus3d.pl. pl. 2021-08-29. 2021-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421114922/https://www.2plus3d.pl/artykuly/skad-sie-wziely-znaki-diakrytyczne. dead.
  5. Web site: Bon ton Ę-Ą. Aby pismo było polskie.. idb.neon24.pl. pl.