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Reversed F

Reversed F is an additional Latin script letter used in epigraphic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia or femina. It was also formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Reversed F
ꟻ f
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originAbkhaz language, Abaza language, Kabardian language, Adyghe language
Sound values/ʃʷ/, [fʼ]
In UnicodeU+A7FB
History
Development
𓌉
  • 𐤅
    • Ϝ ϝ
      • 𐌅
        • F f
          • ꟻ f
Time period1920s—1930s
TransliterationsꚖ ꚗ, Шә шә, Фӏ фӏ

Reversed F (ꟻ f ) is an additional Latin script letter used in epigraphic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia1 or femina.2 It was also formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s and 1930s.3

Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae. source ↗
  • Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.​​​
    Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.
  • Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.​​​
    Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.
  • Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)​​​
    Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)
  • Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)​​​
    Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)

Computing codes

Epigraphic reversed F can be represented with the following Unicode (Latin Extended-D) characters, the lowercase however is not supported by Unicode.

Character information
Preview ꟻ
Unicode name LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER REVERSED F
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 43003 U+A7FB
UTF-8 234 159 187 EA 9F BB
Numeric character reference ꟻ ꟻ
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Hübner 1885, p. lxxiv.
  2. Cagnat 1898, p. 374.
  3. Joomagueldinov, Pentzlin & Yevlampiev 2012, p. ?.
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