Ɱ Explained

Ɱ ɱ

The letter Ɱ (minuscule: ɱ), called M with hook, meng, or emg, is a letter based on the letter M. Its minuscule ɱ is used to transcribe a voiced labiodental nasal in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

In Americanist phonetic transcription, the lowercase ɱ is used for transcribing a voiced labiodental nasal stop and the uppercase Ɱ for a voiceless labiodental nasal stop.^[1]

The majuscule and the minuscule are located at U+2C6E and U+0271 in Unicode, respectively.

Notes and References

1. http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2945.pdf ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 Proposal summary form to accompany submissions for additions to the repertoire of ISO/IEC 10646