U+0180 "ƀ" Latin Small Letter B with Stroke Unicode Character

U+0180 "ƀ" Latin Small Letter B with Stroke is a modified letter used primarily in linguistic transcription and certain orthographies to represent a voiced bilabial fricative sound, similar to the English "v" but articulated with both lips. It is formed by adding a horizontal stroke through the ascender of a standard lowercase "b" and is part of the Latin Extended-B block, often employed in the transcription of African languages such as Sandawe or in reconstructed Proto-Germanic forms. This character should not be confused with the visually similar but distinct "b with bar" used in some medieval manuscripts, as its standardized encoding serves modern phonetic and orthographic needs.