Reversed F

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Reversed F
Фӏ фӏ
Other
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Reversed F (ꟻ ) is an additional letter of Latin writing used in epigrahic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia[1] 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

.

It is not to be confused with the turned digamma ⟨Ⅎ ⅎ⟩ or with

turned f
⟨ɟ⟩.

Utilisation

  • Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.
    Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.

Reversed F

Reversed F was formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and in the Kabardian language in the 1920s and 1930s.[3]

  • 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
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

References

Bibliography

  • Cagnat, René (1898). Cours d’épigraphie latine. Paris: Fontemoing.
  • Hübner, Emil (1885). Exempla Scripturae Epigraphicae Latinae (in Latin). Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (18 October 2011). Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
  • Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (29 January 2012). Revised proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
  • Perry, David J. (2006). Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS (PDF).