U Bar

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:

    O City city, I can sometimes hear
    Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,
    The pleasant whining of a mandolin
    And a clatter and a chatter from within
    Where fishmen lounge at noon.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)