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ǥ U+01E5, ǥ
LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH STROKE
Ǥ
Latin Extended-B Ǧ
The letter ǥ has a variant with the stroke through the bowl (right), used i.a. in Kiowa.
The letter ǥ also has variants with an open tail.
Prior to 1921, the IPA letter was styled with an open tail bent to the right. Ǥ was replaced by ɣ in 1932.

Translingual

Symbol

ǥ

  1. (IPA, obsolete, open-tail variant and later ) a voiced velar fricative; superseded by ɣ
  2. (NAPA, bowl-struck variant or ) A voiced velar fricative (IPA )

Kiowa

Pronunciation

Letter

(upper case )

  1. (Bowl-struck variant) An unaspirated 'k' sound; alphabetized before g.

See also

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

ǥ (upper case Ǥ)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovene

Etymology

Letter g with stroke to signify spirantization.

Pronunciation

  • Sound

Symbol

ǥ

  1. (dialectal transcription) Phonetic transcription of sound .

Usage notes

Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately , no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.

See also

References

  • Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎ (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30