Turned P ( ) is an additional letter of the Latin script which was used in the orthographies of certain Siouan languages, mostly by James Owen Dorsey in the 19th century. Its lowercase form is used in the Anthropos alphabet, the phonetic alphabet of the journal Anthropos.
This letter has the form of a P and p turned 180 degrees.
Usage Dorsey used turned P in his published works to represent , a tense consonant present in three Dhegihan languages: Omaha-Ponca, Quapaw, and Kansa. It is also used for Osage, but this is erroneous as the sound does not occur, but a preaspirated consonant corresponds.
In the Anthropos phonetic alphabet, is used to represent bilabial clicks.
Notes and references
Bibliography
, copie sur omahatribe.unl.edu. . (www.unl.edu).
See also
Latin script P Komi De, a homoglyph of this letter