Aleut Ka (Ԟ ԟ; italics: ''Ԟ ԟ'') is a letter of the

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking co ...

. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) by adding a stroke to the upper diagonal arm. Aleut Ka was used in the alphabet of the Aleut language in the 19th century, where it represented the

voiceless uvular plosive The voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiceless velar plosive , except that the tongue makes contact not on the soft palate but on the uvula. The symbol in th ...

. During the revival of the Aleut Cyrillic alphabet in the 1980s it has been replaced by the

Ka with hook Ka with hook (Ӄ ӄ; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) by the addition of a hook. Ka with hook is widely used in the alphabets of Siberia and the Russian Far East: Chukch ...

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