G with hook (majuscule: Ɠ, minuscule: ɠ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, its small caps form (U+029B ʛ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL G WITH HOOK) 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]

G with hook
Ɠ ɠ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originAfrican Reference Alphabet
Sound values[ɠ]
In UnicodeU+0193, U+0260
Alphabetical position19th
History
Development
Pictogram of a Camel (speculated origin)
Other
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.

Unicode

edit

In Unicode, the majuscule Ɠ is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block at U+0193 Ɠ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH HOOK and the minuscule ɠ is encoded at U+0260 ɠ LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH HOOK.

 
Doulos SIL glyphs for Majuscule and minuscule Ɠɠ.

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Unicode Character "Ɠ" (U+0193)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-17.