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R with oblique stroke
Ꞧ ꞧ
Capital and lowercase barred R with oblique stroke
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originLatvian language
History
Development
  • Ꞧ ꞧ
Time periodpre-1921
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.

(lowercase ) is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet letter R, combined with bar diacritic.

Usage

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It was used in Latvian orthography until 1921,[1] to represent palatalized dental trill /rʲ/. In modern orthography, it was replaced with Ŗ (R with a cedilla), which was later became obsolete since 1946.

Computing codes

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The forms are represented in Unicode as:

  • U+A7A6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
  • U+A7A7 LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH OBLIQUE STROKE

See also

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References

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