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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

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On the macOS US Extended keyboard, ɔ and Ɔ can be typed with Script error: No such module "key". followed by Script error: No such module "key". or Script error: No such module "key"..[citation needed]

Similar looking letters

The first of these Claudian letters is the antisigma.

Open o looks like a reversed letter 'C'. Claudius introduced a Ɔ (the antisigma) with the intention of replacing bs and ps.

Definition from Aasen (1873), Norsk ordbog med dansk forklaring, showing the Danish explanatory symbol ⟨ɔ:⟩.

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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mathews, Peter. "Who's who in the Classic Maya world: Orthography used in the Who's Who". Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Constable, Peter (2004-04-19). "L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS" (PDF).
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Everson, Michael; et al. (2002-03-20). "L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS" (PDF).
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forklaringstegnet: en savnet del av det typografiske repertoar?". Typografi i Norge (in norsk). 2006-08-02 [last updated 2010-09-29]. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05.


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