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Open o (majuscule: Ɔ, minuscule: ɔ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open-mid back rounded vowel. It is used in the orthographies of many African languages using the African reference alphabet.
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Unicode
On the Mac OS U.S. Extended keyboard, ɔ and Ɔ can be typed with ⌥ Option+: followed by c or C.
Similar letters
The letter looks like a reversed letter 'C'. Claudius introduced a Ɔ (the antisigma) with the intention of replacing bs and ps.
The Yucatec Maya language used Ɔ as a consonant in the orthography of the Colonial period. Now dz or tz' is preferred.
References
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