Ẋ

X with dot above
Ẋ ẋ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originChechen language
Sound values/ħ/
In UnicodeU+1E8A, U+1E8B
History
Development
  • Ẋ ẋ
TransliterationsХь
Other
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Ẋ (minuscule: ẋ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from X with the addition of a dot.

Usage

Chechen

Ẋ is present in the Chechen Latin alphabet, created in the 1990s. The Cyrillic equivalent is Хь, which represents the voiceless pharyngeal fricative /ħ/.[1]

Computing code

Character information
Preview Ẋ ẋ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN SMALL LETTER X WITH DOT ABOVE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 7818 U+1E8A 7819 U+1E8B
UTF-8 225 186 138 E1 BA 8A 225 186 139 E1 BA 8B
Numeric character reference Ẋ Ẋ ẋ ẋ

References

  1. ^ Koryakov, Yuri B. (2002). Atlas of Caucasian Languages (PDF). Moscow: Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences. pp. 6–7.


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