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V hook as drawn in the African reference alphabet of 1978

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Mossi text using a letter V with hook (third line, ).

The letter V with hook (Majuscule: Ʋ, minuscule: ʋ) is a Latin script character based on an italic form of V, although it more closely resembles U. It is used in the orthographies of some African languages such as Ewe, and Shona from 1931 to 1955 to write Template:IPAblink, like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in "van" using both lips. In Mossi (Mooré) it is used to write Template:IPAblink, like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in "foot". In Kabiye and Ikposso it is used to write Template:IPAblink (with retracted tongue root), like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in "food". It is also used in the North American language Choctaw to write Template:IPAblink, a schwa, like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in "again".

Its lowercase form, Template:IPAblink, is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a labiodental approximant.

Its Unicode code points are U+01B2 ("Latin capital letter V with hook") and U+028B ("Latin small letter V with hook"), respectively.

See also

• Ỽ

External links

• Template:In lang http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/Reclangues1N.php?ChoixCellule=C136NL

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