U bar (majuscule: Ʉ, minuscule: ʉ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from U with the addition of a bar.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the lowercase ʉ is used to represent a close central rounded vowel. The Unicode codepoints are U+0289 ʉ latin small letter u bar (HTML: ʉ) and U+0244 Ʉ latin capital letter u bar (HTML: Ʉ).
It is also used in the alphabets of various languages, including:
- Arhuaco
- Comanche
- Melpa
- Mesem
- Sayula Popoluca
- African languages:
- Budu
- Ejagham
- Fe'fe'
- Koonzime and its dialect Badwe'e
- Lendu
- Limbum
- Mangbetu
- Mekaa
- Yamba
- Yemba
Famous quotes containing the word bar:
“They made a paction tween them twa,
They made it firm and sure,
That the first word whaeer shoud speak,
Shoud rise and bar the door.”
—Unknown. Get Up and Bar the Door (l. 13–16)