Qp ligature

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The qp ligature, ȹ, is a typographic ligature of Latin q and p (also interpretable as a ligature of c and p), and is used in some phonetic transcription systems, particularly for African languages, to represent a voiceless labiodental plosive [p̪].

In Unicode[edit]

Character	ȹ
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	569	U+0239
UTF-8	200 185	C8 B9
Numeric character reference	ȹ	ȹ

ȹ was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, though only handful of fonts can display the character. These include Charis SIL, Code2000, Doulos SIL and DejaVu fonts.

Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH' (U+0239)
Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol Guide. University of Chicago Press. p. 159.

The ISO basic Latin alphabet v t e
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
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