Ƴ

Y with hook
Ƴ ƴ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabet
Sound values[j̰] [ʔʲ] [ʄ]
History
Development

Ƴ (minuscule: ƴ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from Y with the addition of a hook. It is used in some African languages, such as Fula, to represent a palatalized glottal stop, [ʔʲ], and in Hausa to represent a creaky voiced palatal approximant [j̰]. In Noon, a language spoken in Senegal, ƴ represents a voiced palatal implosive [ʄ].

The Unicode names and code points are as follows:

  • U+01B3 Ƴ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH HOOK
  • U+01B4 ƴ LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH HOOK
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