hooktop heng

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Created by Geoffrey K. Pullum in 1986 by modifying the name of the visually similar heng [1]

Noun[edit]

hooktop heng (plural not attested)

  1. A character (ɧ) used for the sound used in some dialects of Swedish that combines IPA x and ʃ.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1986, Phonetic symbol guide, Geoffrey K. Pullum, William A. Ladusaw (1996), page 77.