Q with hook tail

It was introduced by Lutheran missionaries in Papua New Guinea for use in the Numanggang language in the 1930s or 1940s.

(Latin Q is voiceless /k͡p/) The Bargam language also uses it to represent the glottal stop.

[2] In some forms of handwriting for English (and presumably other languages based on the Latin alphabet), lowercase q always has a hook tail.

This is particularly evident in geometric sans-serif typefaces used to teach children how to write.

[citation needed] Despite the name, the uppercase glyph itself resembles more the letter latin alpha (Ɑ) than Q.