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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 [p̪], for example in the Zulu sequence [ɱȹf’].

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Character information
Preview ȹ
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 569 U+0239
UTF-8 200 185 C8 B9
Numeric character reference &#569; &#x239;

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See also

  • ȸ, ligature of Latin letters d and b
  • (pari), the 24th letter of Georgian alphabets (Nuskhuri letter looks identical)
  • φ (phi), the 21st letter of Greek alphabet
  • ф (ef), the 21st letter of Cyrillic alphabet
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