ʆ

ʆ U+0286, ʆ LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH WITH CURL ← ʅ [U+0285] IPA Extensions ʇ → [U+0287]

Translingual

Symbol

ʆ

1. (obsolete, pre-1989 IPA) palatalized voiceless postalveolar sibilant fricative; now rendered as ⟨ʃʲ⟩ or ⟨ɕ⟩

   Synonym: ᶋ

2. (phonetics) The 'closed' voiceless fricative in Circassian, commonly transcribed ⟨ŝ⟩ and for which ⟨ᵷ⟩ was once proposed for the IPA.