Reversed F
| Reversed F | |
|---|---|
| ꟻ f | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Abkhaz language, Abaza language, Kabardian language, Adyghe language |
| Sound values | /ʃʷ/, [fʼ] |
| In Unicode | U+A7FB |
| History | |
| Development | 𓌉
|
| Time period | 1920s to 1930s |
| Transliterations | Ꚗ ꚗ, Шә шә, Фӏ фӏ |
Reversed F (f f) is an additional letter of Latin writing used in epigrahic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia[1] or femina.[2] It was also formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the [Abkhaz language|Abkhaz the Adyghe language] and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s or [2024]
It is not to be confused with the turned digamma ⟨Ⅎ ⅎ⟩ or with turned f ⟨ɟ⟩.
Utilisation
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Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.
Reversed F
[edit]Reversed F was formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and in the Kabardian language in the 1920s and 1930s.[3]
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Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930. -
Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932. -
Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1) -
Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)
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Computing codes
[edit]Epigraphic reversed F can be represented with the following Unicode (Latin Extended-D) characters, the lowercase however is not supported by Unicode.
| Preview | ꟻ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER REVERSED F | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 43003 | U+A7FB |
| UTF-8 | 234 159 187 | EA 9F BB |
| Numeric character reference | ꟻ |
ꟻ |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hübner 1885, p. lxxiv.
- ^ Cagnat 1898, p. 374.
- ^ Joomagueldinov, Pentzlin & Yevlampiev 2012.
Bibliography
[edit]- Cagnat, René (1898). Cours d’épigraphie latine. Paris: Fontemoing.
- Hübner, Emil (1885). Exempla Scripturae Epigraphicae Latinae (in Latin). Berlin.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (18 October 2011). Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
- Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (29 January 2012). Revised proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
- Perry, David J. (2006). Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS (PDF).