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'Barred O' (majuscule: , minuscule: ) was a letter used in Azerbaijani language in 1929, when the language shifted from Arabic script into Latin script. It represented the open-mid front rounded vowel. It has been replaced by Cyrillic letter Ө ө in 1939 and has been further replaced by Latin letter Ö ö in 1991.
This letter is also used in African reference alphabet.
The minuscule form [ɵ] is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the close-mid central rounded vowel.
It has no relation with slashed zero, letter Ø ø or Greek letter Θ θ, despite similar shapes.

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Unicode

In Unicode, the majuscule is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block at U+019F and the minuscule is encoded in the IPA block at U+0275.

See also

★ Azerbaijani alphabet

★ Latin letter Ö ö

★ Cyrillic letter Ө ө

External links

★ Azerbaijani language, alphabets and pronunciation by omniglot.com