Ǧ

Ǧ (minuscule: ǧ), called G with caron, is a letter used in several Latin orthographies.

Usage

In the Romany and Skolt Sami languages, it represents the palatalized g .

It has also been used in Czech and Slovak orthographies until the middle of the 19th century to represent a voiced velar plosive (IPA: Template:IPAblink; the English hard G-sound), whereas a regular ⟨G⟩ stood for a voiced palatal approximant (IPA: Template:IPAblink; the English consonantal Y-sound).

In the romanization of Pashto, Persian, and South Azeri, ⟨ǧ⟩ is used to represent a voiced velar fricative (IPA: Template:IPAblink; same as the Arabic letter Ghayn ⟨غ⟩).

In the Berber Latin and Resian alphabets, ⟨ǧ⟩ is pronounced as a voiced postalveolar affricate (IPA: Template:IPAblink; an English J-sound).

In Lakota, ⟨ǧ⟩ represents a voiced uvular fricative (IPA: Template:IPAblink; an R-sound pronounced back in the throat)

In Heiltsuk, it represents a plain uvular plosive Template:IPAblink.

In the DIN 31635 Arabic transliteration, it represents the letter Ǧīm ⟨ﺝ⟩.

In Latvian, ⟨ǧ⟩ is also used as a handwritten form of ⟨ģ⟩, particularly in cursive writing.

See also

• Ğ (with breve)

References

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