U+08BB "ࢻ" Arabic Letter African Feh Unicode Character

U+08BB "ࢻ" Arabic Letter African Feh is a distinct glyph used in the extended Arabic script for certain sub-Saharan African languages, notably including Hausa, Fulfulde, and Wolof, where it represents the voiceless labiodental fricative sound /f/. This character was added to the Unicode Standard in version 7.0, released in 2014, to support the orthographic needs of languages that require a letter visually and phonetically separate from the standard Arabic feh (ف) to avoid ambiguity in representing native consonant sounds. Its inclusion facilitates accurate digital representation and text processing for millions of speakers across West and Central Africa.