꟎

꟎, or ꟏, is a letter of the Latin script. It is based on the symbol for a voiced pharyngeal fricative ʕ.

꟎
꟎ ꟏
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Pilagá
Sound values	[ʕ]
In Unicode	U+A7CE, U+A7CF
Alphabetical position	7
History
Development	◌̓ ʔ ʕ ꟎ ꟏
Time period	1996-present
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Usage

꟎ is used in the Pilagá language to represent the voiced pharyngeal fricative [ʕ]. It was created in 1996 after much deliberation throughout the Pilagá community, along with the rest of the Pilagá alphabet. In Pilagá, it is rendered similarly to the gelded reversed question mark .^[1]

Appearance in computer fonts

꟎ was added to Unicode on September 9th, 2025, with the release of Unicode 17.0.0.^[2] Due to its infrequent usage and recent introduction into Unicode, few fonts have created a glyph for it, and the character may appear rendered as a box to many users. ꟎ and ꟏ occupy codepoints U+A7CE ꟎ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE and U+A7CF ꟏ LATIN SMALL LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE respectively.