Ɱ

The letter unicode|Ɱ (minuscule: unicode|ɱ), called M with hook, is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on the letter M. Its minuscule ɱ is used to represent a labiodental nasal in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

In Americanist phonetic transcription, the lowercase ɱ is used for transcribing a voiced labiodental nasal stop and the uppercase Ɱ for a voiceless labiodental nasal stop. [ [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2945.pdf ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 Proposal summary form to accompany submissions for additions to the repertoire of ISO/IEC 10646] ]

Use on computers

The majuscule and the minuscule are located at U+2C6E and U+0271 in Unicode, respectively.

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