꟏

꟏
꟎ ꟏
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Pilagá
Sound values	[ʕ]
In Unicode	U+A7CE, U+A7CF
Alphabetical position	7
History
Development	◌̓ ʔ ʕ ꟎ ꟏
Time period	1996-present
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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.

꟎, or ꟏, is a letter of the Latin script, based on the symbol for a voiced pharyngeal fricative ʕ.

Usage

꟎ is used in the Pilagá language to represent the voiced pharyngeal fricative [ʕ]. It was created in 1996 after much deliberation throughout the Pilagá community. In Pilagá, it is rendered similarly to the gelded reversed question mark .^[1]

Appearance in computer fonts

꟎ was added to Unicode on September 9th, 2025, with the release of Unicode 17.0.0.^[2] Due to its infrequent usage and recent introduction into Unicode, few fonts have created a glyph for it, and the character may appear rendered as a box to many users. ꟎ and ꟏ occupy codepoints U+A7CE ꟎ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE and U+A7CF ꟏ LATIN SMALL LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE respectively.

References

1. "Alfabeto pilagá | Lengua pilagá" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
2. "Unicode 17.0.0". www.unicode.org. Retrieved 2025-09-29.