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Latin letter G with hook / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
G with hook (majuscule: Ɠ, minuscule: ɠ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, its small caps form represents the voiced uvular implosive and its lowercase form represents the voiced velar implosive. Because it occurs in the orthographies of some African languages, including some unofficial orthographies of Fula, it is included in the African reference alphabet.[1]
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G with hook | |
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Ɠ ɠ | |
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | alphabetic |
Language of origin | African Reference Alphabet |
Phonetic usage | [ɠ] |
Unicode codepoint | U+0193, U+0260 |
Alphabetical position | 19th |
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This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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