Reversed F

Reversed F (ꟻ ) is an additional letter of Latin writing used in epigrahic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia[1] or femina.[2] It was also formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and the Kabardian languages in the 1920s and 1930s.

Reversed F
ꟻ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originAbkhaz language, Abaza language, Kabardian language, Adyghe language
Phonetic usage/ʃʷ/
Unicode codepointU+A7FB
History
Development
  • ꟻ
Time period1920s to 1930s
Other

It is not to be confused with the turned digamma ⟨Ⅎ ⅎ⟩ or with turned f ⟨ɟ⟩.

Utilisation
  • Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.
    Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège) with reversed F to abbreviate the word filiae.

Reversed F

Reversed F was formerly used in the writing of the Abaza, the Abkhaz, the Adyghe and in the Kabardian language in the 1920s and 1930s.[3]

  • Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.
    Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.
  • Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.
    Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.
  • Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)
    Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 1)
  • Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)
    Adyghe Latin alphabet of 1927 (page 2)

Computing codes

Epigraphic reversed F can be represented with the following Unicode (Latin Extended-D) characters:

Character information
Previewꟻ
Unicode name LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER REVERSED F
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode43003U+A7FB
UTF-8234 159 187EA 9F BB
Numeric character referenceꟻꟻ

See also

References
  1. Hübner 1885, p. lxxiv.
  2. Cagnat 1898, p. 374.
  3. Joomagueldinov, Pentzlin & Yevlampiev 2012.

Bibliography
  • Cagnat, René (1898). Cours d’épigraphie latine. Paris: Fontemoing.
  • Hübner, Emil (1885). Exempla Scripturae Epigraphicae Latinae (in Latin). Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (18 October 2011). Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
  • Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (29 January 2012). Revised proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
  • Perry, David J. (2006). Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS (PDF).
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