Open O

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.

Ɔ
Ɔ ɔ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic and Logographic
Unicode codepointU+0186, U+0254
History
Development
  • Ɔ ɔ
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

The Yucatec Maya language used Ɔ as a consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now dz or tz' is preferred.

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