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Latin T with retroflex hook

The letter Ʈ (minuscule: ʈ), called T with retroflex hook , is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on the letter t. It is used to represent a voiceless retroflex plosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet, and is used in some alphabets of African languages.[ clarification needed ] A ligature of ʈ with h was part of the Initial Teaching Alphabet to represent the voiceless dental fricative.

Computer encoding

The majuscule and the minuscule are located at U+01AE and U+0288 in Unicode, respectively.

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