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Q with hook tail
Letter of the extended Latin alphabet

Q with hook tail (majuscule: Ɋ, minuscule: ɋ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. It was introduced by Lutheran missionaries in Papua New Guinea for use in the Numanggang language in the 1930s or 1940s. In 2002, it was decided to discontinue using the letter. It is still used in the Kâte language to represent a voiced labial-velar plosive /ɡ͡b/. (Latin Q is voiceless /k͡p/) The Bargam language also uses it to represent the glottal stop. In some forms of handwriting for English (and presumably other languages based on the Latin alphabet), lowercase q always has a hook tail. This is particularly evident in geometric sans-serif typefaces used to teach children how to write.

Despite the name, the uppercase glyph itself resembles more the letter latin alpha (Ɑ) than Q.

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Computing codes

Character information
PreviewɊɋ
Unicode nameLATIN CAPITAL LETTERSMALL Q WITH HOOK TAILLATIN SMALL LETTERQ WITH HOOK TAIL
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode586U+024A587U+024B
UTF-8201 138C9 8A201 139C9 8B
Numeric character referenceɊɊɋɋ

References

  1. Revised Proposal for Additional Latin Phonetic and Orthographic Characters Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Lorna A. Priest, 2004. http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2906.pdf

  2. Hepner, Mark (2006). Bargam Grammar Sketch. SIL International. https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/59/68/28/59682852775268647443834081621547892208/Bargam_Grammar_Sketch.pdf