Ɓ
| B with hook | |
|---|---|
| Ɓ ɓ | |
| Ƃ ƃ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Fula language, Hausa language, Maore Comorian language, Ngas language, Zulu language (obsolete) |
| Sound values | [ɓ] |
| In Unicode | U+0181, U+0253 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Variations | Ƃ ƃ |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
Ɓ (minuscule: ɓ), called B-hook or B with hook, is a letter of the Latin alphabet and the International African Alphabet. Its lower-case form, ⟨ɓ⟩, represents a voiced bilabial implosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is used to spell that sound in various languages, notably Fula, Hausa, and Giziga. It was also formerly used in, or at least proposed for, Xhosa and Zulu.
In Unicode, the upper case Ɓ is in the Latin Extended B range (U+0181), and the lower case ɓ is in the IPA range (U+0253). In Shona, the upper case form is a just a larger form of the lower case letter.