Turned h

This article is about the letter ɥ. For its meaning in IPA, see Voiced labial–palatal approximant. Not to be confused with Ч, the Cyrillic letter Che.

Turned H (uppercase: Ɥ, lowercase: ɥ) is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet, based on a turned form of H. It is used in the Dan language in Liberia.^[1] Its lowercase form is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the voiced labial–palatal approximant. It was also historically used in the Abaza, Abkhaz, and the Vassali Maltese alphabet.

Ɥ
Ɥ ɥ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
In Unicode	U+A78D, U+0265
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right

Usage

An early usage of turned h appeared in Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet where it represented [ʌ].^[2]

During Latinisation, the letter would appear in the Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932 where it denoted the sound [t͡ɕ], and in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1924 where it denoted the sound [t͡ʃʰ].^[3] The letter also appeared in the Vassalli Maltese alphabet, and the Metelko alphabet for Slovene, where it stood for the sound [t͡ʃ].

In the Metelko alphabet, Maltese, Abaza, and Abkhaz languages, the letter had a capital form Ч, identical to the Cyrillic letter Che. This letter was also used in the first version of Unifon.^[4]