db ligature

The db ligature, ȸ, is a typographic ligature of Latin d and b, and used in Africanist linguistics for the transcription of certain African languages to represent [b̪], for example in the Zulu sequence [ɱȸv]. ȸ was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, as U 0238 LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH. As of 2010, only a handful of fonts can display the character. These include Charis SIL, Code2000, Comic Sans, Doulos SIL, Ubuntu, and DejaVu fonts.

Db ligature
ȸ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Sound values	[b̪]
History
Development	ȸ
Other

Unicode Character

Character information

Preview	ȸ
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	568	U 0238
UTF-8	200 184	C8 B8
Numeric character reference	ȸ	ȸ

See also

• ȹ, its voiceless counterpart

References

• Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press. p. 159.

External links

• Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH' (U 0238)