Ð

Eth D barred D African
A	B	C	D	E	F	G
H	I	J	K	L	M	N
O	P	Q	R	S	T	U
V	W	X	Y	Z
Å	?	Ø
CH	?	?	?	?	LL	?
Æ	?	?	Ð	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?		?
?	Þ	?

Ð corresponds to the form of three different letters:

• eth (tiny ð, used in and in ),
• D barred (tiny ?, used in some and in ),
• D African (tiny ?, used byAfrican alphabet of reference).

Synopsis 1 Eth 2 D barred 2.1 Slavic languages 2.2 Vietnamese 3 D African 4 Other uses 5 Data-processing representations 6 See too

Eth

Ð, named eth, is used in to transcribe fricative consonant voiced dental consonant HT (as in the English words them or that), characterizes the old Scandinavian languages. Its tiny resembles a barred delta (ð). Its form deaf is the letter Þ (thorn).

Used formerly to write it old English (which itself holds it of) or it , it is present still today in and (this language does not pronounce it however, but uses it with the writing to point out the etymology of certain words). It is also used by to transcribe the sound which it describes in Icelandic. It is also a frequent character in .

By way of anecdote, the Icelandic letter is marked with the deaf form ("eÞ"), while the convention of the International Phonetic Alphabet is to pronounce it with the sound form ("eð").

D barred

Ð, under the name of D barred, corresponds to the letter D by one bar registered ; consequently, its tiny is also D provided with a registered bar: ?. It is used in the cases described below.

Slavic languages

The use of Ð is recent in , it is used in particular in the retranscriptions in Latin alphabet of texts in , as in ; this letter represents D wet, i.e. as if it were followed of one I discrete (for example, "Ðen" decides "Dién").

Vietnamese

is written with, because of the old conquest of Viet-Nam by the Portuguese and the sending the many ones missionaries Christians in this country. , the Vietnamese modern alphabet, uses Ð to transcribe the sound /??/, one injective consonant voiced (near to D French). One can note that in this alphabet, the letter D (not barred) is differently marked, like Z or Y French.

D African

African alphabet of reference (or international alphabet of Niamey), created in 1978 to unify the writing of a great number of African languages, also uses D barred, of capital? and of tiny?.

The tiny shape of this letter is also used by to represent one occlusive consonant rétroflexe voiced.

Other uses

Old Spanish inscriptions noted the word "OF" in capital letter by using a similar letter.

Data-processing representations

These various letters have codings following:

• Eth:
  • Capital Ð: U+00D0
  • Tiny ð: U+00F0

• D barred:
  • Capital? : U+0110
  • Tiny? : U+0111

• D African:
  • Capital? : U+0189
  • Tiny? : U+0256

The eth also has a coding HTML :

• Capital Ð: Ð
• Tiny ð: ð

See too

• African alphabet of reference