Open O
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Open o or turned c (majuscule: Ɔ, minuscule: ɔ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open-mid back rounded vowel. It is used in the orthographies of many African languages using the African reference alphabet.
The Yucatec Maya language used Ɔ to transcribe the alveolar ejective affricate Script error: No such module "IPA". consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now dz or tsʼ is preferred.[1]
Unicode
On the macOS US Extended keyboard, ɔ and Ɔ can be typed with Template:Key press followed by Template:Key press or Template:Key press.Template:Fact
Related characters
- Ɔ with diacritics: ɔ́ ɔ̀ ɔ̃ ᶗ[2]
- Uralic Phonetic Alphabet-specific symbols related to Ɔ:[3]
Similar looking letters
Open o looks like a reversed letter 'C'. Claudius introduced a Ɔ (the antisigma) with the intention of replacing bs and ps.
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The Scandinavian explanatory symbol (forklaringstegnet) can be typeset using the open o followed by a colon, thus: ɔ:. It is used to mean "namely", "id est", "scilicet" or similar.[4]
This letter is often used to refer to the Copyleft official sign, which looks like an open o with a circle around it.