Kha with hook explained

Kha with hook (Ӽ ӽ; italics:

Ӽ ӽ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, this letter is called "Ha with hook". Its form is derived from the Cyrillic Kha (Х х Х х) by adding a hook to the right leg.

Kha with hook is used in the alphabets of the Itelmen and Nivkh languages, where it represents the voiceless uvular fricative pronounced as //χ//, like the Scottish ch in loch, but harder. Kha with hook is also used in the Aleut language (Bering dialect).[1] It is the thirty-ninth letter of the modern Aleut alphabet.

The letter Kha with descender (Ҳ ҳ 

Ҳ ҳ) is sometimes used for this sound instead because of letter font support.

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References

  1. Book: Головко, Е. В. . 1994 . Словарь алеутско-русский и русско-алеутский (беринговский диалект) . Aleut-Russian and Russian-Aleut Dictionary (Bering dialect) . 14 . Отд-ние изд-ва "Просвещение" . 5-09-002312-3.

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