The db ligature, ȸ, is a typographic ligature of Latin d and b, and used in Africanist linguistics for the transcription of certain African languages to represent [], for example in the Zulu sequence [ɱȸv]. ȸ was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, as U+0238 LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH. As of 2010, only a handful of fonts can display the character. These include Charis SIL, Code2000, Comic Sans, Doulos SIL, Ubuntu, and DejaVu fonts.

Db ligature
ȸ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Sound values[]
History
Development
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This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Unicode Character

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Character information
Preview ȸ
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 568 U+0238
UTF-8 200 184 C8 B8
Numeric character reference ȸ ȸ

See also

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  • ȹ, its voiceless counterpart

References

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  • Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press. p. 159.
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