Reversed F

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, the Adyghe and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s and 1930s.

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 𐤅 Ϝ ϝ 𐌅 F f ꟻ f
Time period	1920s to 1930s
Transliterations	Ꚗ ꚗ, Шә шә, Фӏ фӏ
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.

It is not to be confused with the turned digamma ⟨Ⅎ ⅎ⟩ or with turned f ⟨ɟ⟩.

Utilisation

• 
  Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.

Reversed F

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]

• 
  Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.
• 
  Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.
• 
  Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)
• 
  Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)

Computing codes

Epigraphic reversed F can be represented with the following Unicode (Latin Extended-D) characters, the lowercase however is not supported by Unicode.

Character information

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

• F
• Latinisation in the Soviet Union