The
Cyrillic letter Ge stroke (Ғ ғ) Italics: ''Ғ ғ'' is a
Г with a horizontal stroke. It is used in
Kazakh and
Uzbek where it represents a
voiced uvular fricative
The voiced uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , an inverted small uppercase letter , or in broad transcription if rhot ...
. Despite having a similar shape, it is not related to the
F of the
Latin alphabet
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. In
Kazakh, this letter may also represent the
voiced velar fricative
The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in various spoken languages. It is not found in Modern English but existed in Old English. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , ...
. In the Uzbek Latin Alphabet, this letter corresponds to Gʻ.
The letter is also used in
Azerbaijani,
Bashkir,
,
Karakalpak,
Shor,
Siberian Tatar
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
, and
Nivkh.
Unicode
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renders this letter as "Ghe with stroke". it is possible that this may have been inspired by the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Digamma
Digamma or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound but it has remained in use principally as a Greek numeral for 6. Whereas it was originally called ''waw' ...
.
Usage
Computing codes
See also
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Ge
*
Kazakh language
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Uzbek language
Uzbek (''Oʻzbekcha, Oʻzbek tili or Ўзбекча, Ўзбек тили''), formerly known as ''Turki'' or ''Western Turki'', is a Turkic language spoken by Uzbeks. It is the official, and national language of Uzbekistan. Uzbek is spoken as ...
*
Azerbaijani language
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Bashkir language
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Karakalpak language
Karakalpak is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southeastern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Uzbek and neighboring Kazakh languages, being markedly influence ...
*
Siberian Tatar language
Siberian Tatar language (себертатар теле, көнбатыш себер татарлары теле)) is a Turkic language spoken in Western Siberia region of Russia, primarily in the oblasts of Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Omsk but also in To ...
*
Tajik language
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* Ğ ğ:
Latin letter G with breve
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Ge with middle hook
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Ge with stroke and hook
References
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