Ge with stroke
Ge with stroke (Ғ ғ, italics: Ғ ғ) is a Cyrillic letter which represents the letter Г with a horizontal stroke. It is used in the Bashkir, Kazakh Cyrillic and Uzbek Cyrillic alphabets where it represents a voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/. Despite having a similar shape, it is not related to the F of the Latin alphabet. In Kazakh, this letter may also represent the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/. In the Uzbek Latin alphabet, this letter corresponds to Gʻ.
The letter is also used in Bashkir,[1] Tajik, Karakalpak, Shor, Siberian Tatar and Nivkh languages, and formerly in Azerbaijani. It is similar to the letter Ğ found in Turkish and Latin Azerbaijani alphabets.
Unicode renders this letter as "ghe with stroke". It is possible that this may have been inspired by the Greek digamma.
Usage
[edit]Language | Letter order | IPA | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alyutor | 7 | ɣ | |
Azerbaijani | 5 | ɣ~ʁ | Replaced by Latin Ğ in Azerbaijan, still used in Dagestan |
Bashkir | 5 | ɣ~ʁ | |
Karakalpak | 6 | ɣ | Replaced by Ǵ in the Latin alphabet for Karakalpak. |
Kazakh | 6 | ɣ~ʁ | Replaced by Ğ in the Roman-based script |
Khakas | 5 | ɣ | |
Nivkh | 6 | ɣ | |
Siberian Tatar | 6 | ɣ~ʁ | |
Shor | 5 | ɣ | |
Shughni | 7 | ʁ | Represented as Jh in the corresponding Latin alphabet |
Tajik | 5 | ɣ~ʁ | Represented as Ƣ |
Uyghur | 6 | ɣ~ʁ | Equivalent to غ in the UEY, Gh in the ULY, and Ƣ in the UYY. |
Uzbek | 34 | ɣ~ʁ | Equivalent to Gʻ in the Uzbek Latin alphabet |
Yukaghir | 6 | ʁ |
Computing codes
[edit]Preview | Ғ | ғ | ||
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Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1170 | U+0492 | 1171 | U+0493 |
UTF-8 | 210 146 | D2 92 | 210 147 | D2 93 |
Numeric character reference | Ғ | Ғ | ғ | ғ |
See also
[edit]- Ge
- Kazakh language
- Uzbek language
- Azerbaijani language
- Bashkir language
- Karakalpak language
- Siberian Tatar language
- Tajik language
- Ƣ ƣ: Latin letter Gha
- Ğ ğ: Latin letter G with breve
- Gʻ gʻ: Latin letter G with turned comma above right
- Ge with middle hook
- Ge with stroke and hook
References
[edit]- ^ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-20.