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Ǧ/ǧ (G with caron, Unicode code points U+01E6 and U+01E7) is a letter used in several Latin orthographies.
| G with caron | |
|---|---|
| Ǧ ǧ | |
| ğ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Czechoslovak language |
| Unicode codepoint | U+01E6, U+01E7 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | 16th century to present |
| Descendants | • Ğ • Ġ |
| Sisters | G Ғ Ґ Ҕ Ӻ چ غ ገ ࠂ ℷ Ð |
| Variations | ğ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ |
| Other | |
| Other letters commonly used with | ğ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ |
In transliteration of South Azeri, ǧ represents /ɣ/, the voiced velar fricative.
In the Romany and Skolt Sami languages, it represents the palatalized g [ɟ͡ʝ].
It has also been used in Czech (and Slovak) orthographies until the middle of the 19th century to represent the consonant /ɡ/, whereas "g" stood for /j/.
In a romanization of Pashto, ǧ is used to represent [ɣ] (equivalent to غ).
In the Berber Latin alphabet, ǧ is pronounced [d͡ʒ] as an English J, like in Jimmy.
In Lakota, ǧ represents voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/.
In DIN 31635 Arabic transliteration it represents the letter ﺝ (ǧīm).
Computing code
| Preview | Ǧ | ǧ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CARON | LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CARON | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 486 | U+01E6 | 487 | U+01E7 |
| UTF-8 | 199 166 | C7 A6 | 199 167 | C7 A7 |
| Numeric character reference | Ǧ | Ǧ | ǧ | ǧ |
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