Reversed F

Reversed F ( ) is an additional letter of Latin writing used in epigrahic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia or femina. 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
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originAbkhaz language, Abaza language, Kabardian language, Adyghe language
Phonetic usage/ʃʷ/, []
Unicode codepointU+A7FB
History
Development
𓌉
  • 𐤅
    • Ϝ ϝ
      • 𐌅
        • F f
Time period1920s to 1930s
Transliteration equivalentsꚖ ꚗ, Шә шә, Фӏ фӏ
Other

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

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