Q with hook tail (majuscule: Ɋ, minuscule: ɋ) is a letter of the extended

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. It was introduced by

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for use in the

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in the 1930s or 1940s. In 2002, it was decided to discontinue using the letter.Revised Proposal for Additional Latin Phonetic and Orthographic Characters
, Lorna A. Priest, 2004. It is still used in the Kâte language to represent a

voiced labial-velar plosive Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants). Speech sounds can be described as either voicelessness, voiceless (otherwise known as ''unvoiced'') or voiced. The term, however, i ...

. (Latin Q is voiceless ) The Bargam language also uses it to represent the

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.Hepner, Mark (2006)
''Bargam Grammar Sketch''
SIL International. In some forms of handwriting for English (and presumably other languages based on the

), 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 Latin alpha (majuscule: Ɑ, minuscule: ɑ), script a, or single-story a is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on a handwritten form of lowercase a, and which is commonly typeset with the Greek lowercase alpha (α). Usage Although is norma ...

(Ɑ) than Q.

Computing codes

References

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