V with hook

For the sound in the IPA transcribed as /ʋ/, see Voiced labiodental approximant. Not to be confused with the Middle Welsh Ỽ, the Semitic letter ט, the Greek letter υ, the Cyrillic letter Ѵ, or the Voiced labiodental flap /ⱱ/.

The letter V with hook (majuscule: Ʋ, minuscule: ʋ) is a Latin script character based on an italic form of V, although it more closely resembles U.

V with hook
Ʋ ʋ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Sound values	[β] [ʊ] [ə] [ʋ] [u̙]

Usage

It is used in the orthographies of some African languages such as Ewe, and Shona from 1931 to 1955 to write [β], like the pronunciation of ⟨v⟩ in "van" using both lips.

In Mossi (Mooré) it is used to write [ʊ], like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "foot".

In Kabiye and Ikposso it is used to write [u] (with retracted tongue root), like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "food".

It is also used in the North American language Choctaw to write [ə], a schwa, like the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "again".

Its lowercase form, [ʋ], is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a labiodental approximant.

Its Unicode code points are U+01B2 ("Latin capital letter V with hook") and U+028B ("Latin small letter V with hook"), respectively.

Gallery

V hook as drawn in the African reference
alphabet of 1978

Mossi text using a letter V with hook (third line, ed fãa tʋm).

See also

• Middle-Welsh V ⟨Ỽ, ỽ⟩

External links

• (in French) http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/Reclangues1N.php?ChoixCellule=C136NL