ħ

See also: Ħ, ћ, and Appendix:Variations of "h"

ħ	U+0127, ħ LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH STROKE

← Ħ
[U+0126]

Latin Extended-A

Ĩ →
[U+0128]

Translingual

Pronunciation

IPA (file)

Symbol

ħ

(IPA) voiceless pharyngeal fricative.
Dirac constant (pronounced "aitch-bar", sometimes written as h-bar or hbar)

See also

(Latin script): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(Variations of letter H): Ĥ ĥ Ȟ ȟ Ḧ ḧ Ḣ ḣ Ḩ ḩ Ḥ ḥ Ḫ ḫ H̱ẖ Ħ ħ Ⱨ ⱨ ɦ ʰ ʜ Ｈｈ
(Letters using stroke sign): Ⱥ ⱥ Ƀ ƀ Ȼ ȼ Đ đ Ɇ ɇ Ǥ ǥ Ħ ħ Ɨ ɨ Ɉ ɉ Ꝁ ꝁ Ł ł Ø ø Ᵽ ᵽ Ɍ ɍ Ŧ ŧ Ʉ ʉ Ɏ ɏ Ƶ ƶ Ꝥꝥ

Maltese

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ħ/

Letter

ħ (upper case Ħ)

The eleventh letter of the Maltese alphabet, called ħe and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Maltese ħ continues Arabic ح‎ (ḥ) and خ‎ (ḵ). In the early 19th century, the two phonemes were apparently still distinguished as /ħ/ and /χ/ respectively. Soon afterwards, however, they were merged into one phoneme /ħ/. This is the phonological system on which Maltese spelling is based.
In contemporary Maltese, the letter ħ represents /ħ/ in all positions. Chiefly word-finally, the same phoneme may also be represented by għ or h.

See also

(Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

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