Modifier letter left half ring
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The modifier letter left half ring () is a character of the Unicode Spacing Modifier Letters range, used to transliterate ayin
, representing the sound [ʕ]. It is encoded at .
Ayin
' or ' is the sixteenth letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic . It is the twenty-first letter in the new Persian alphabet...
, representing the sound [ʕ]. It is encoded at .
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