Ge with middle hook

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Ge with middle hook (Ҕ ҕ; italics: Ҕ ҕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in the Yukaghir and Yakut languages to represent the voiced velar fricative Script error: No such module "IPA".. In Unicode, this letter is called "Ghe with middle hook".[1] The letter was invented in 1844 by Andreas Johan Sjögren for the Ossetian language from the contraction of Cyrillic Г and Gothic 𐌷 (hagl).[2]

Usage

Template:Angbr is the fifth letter of the Yakut alphabet, placed between Template:Angbr and Template:Angbr. It was formerly also the seventh letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, placed between the digraphs Template:Angbr and Template:Angbr; it was replaced by the letter Template:Angbr.

Ge with middle hook was also used in the Chuvash language, in Ivan Yakovlev's initial 47-letter alphabet.

Computing codes

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See also

References

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  1. "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF". pp 38–43 of The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 (2010). p. 42. http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf Accessed 2011-04-25.
  2. Template:In lang Шёгрен А. М. Осетинская грамматика с кратким словарем осетинско-российским и российско-осетинским. — СПб., 1844. — С. 9.