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)