Qp ligature explained

Qp ligature should not be confused with Ef (Cyrillic).

Letter:ȹ
Type:alphabet
Typedesc:ic
Script:Latin script
Phonemes:pronounced as /link/
Unicode:U+0239

The qp ligature, ȹ, is a typographic ligature of Latin letters q and p, and is used in some phonetic transcription systems, particularly for African languages, to represent a voiceless labiodental plosive pronounced as /[p̪]/, for example in the Zulu sequence pronounced as /[ɱȹf’]/.

References

. Geoffrey K. Pullum . Ladusaw, William A. . 1996 . . University of Chicago Press . 159.

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