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A turned m with a long right leg.
Also known as: ɰ, Turned m with long leg, Velar w
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a turned m with a tail denotes a velar approximant, made with the tongue back approaching the soft palate without friction. It occurs in Spanish and Korean.
Denotes a velar approximant, the unrounded counterpart of the labial-velar approximant.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Occurs in Spanish as a weakened realisation of g between vowels and in Korean and Japanese in certain positions.
Contexts: Language and transcription
An inverted letter m whose right leg extends downward below the writing line as a straight stroke.