Turned h with stroke

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Turned h with stroke
Latin capital letter turned enlarged small H with stroke.svg Latin small letter turned H with stroke.svg
Latin capital letter turned enlarged small H with stroke.svg
Usage
Writing system Latin script
Typealphabetic
Language of origin Abkhaz, Abaza
Phonetic usage[ t͡ʃʼ ], [ t͡ɕʼ ]
Alphabetical position15th (Abkhaz), 14th (Abaza)
History
Development
Time period1930s
Transliteration equivalents , Ҷ, ЧӀ
Other
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.

Turned H with stroke or turned h with stroke at descender ( Latin capital letter turned enlarged small H with stroke.svg Latin small letter turned H with stroke.svg ) is a letter of the Latin script which was used in the orthographies of the Abkhaz and the Abaza languages.

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Usage

Turned H with stroke was used in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of Yakovlev in 1930.

Computing codes

This letter has not been encoded in Unicode.

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