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Not to be confused with the Latin letters b or I with bowl or the Cyrillic letters Ъ or Ь.

Ƅ (minuscule: ƅ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet and Bouyei alphabet from 1957 to 1986[1] to indicate the sixth tone, mid-level [˧]. The ‘b’ shape was chosen for the letter because it resembles the digit ‘6‘, and the character represents the sixth tone. In 1986, it was replaced by h.

Computing codes

  • U+0184 Ƅ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE SIX
  • U+0185 ƅ LATIN SMALL LETTER TONE SIX

See also

References

  1. ^ Zhou, Minglang (2003). Multilingualism in China: The Politics of Writing Reforms for Minority Languages 1949–2002. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 251–258. ISBN 3-11-017896-6.