- Ġ
Ġ (minuscule: ġ) is a letter of the
Latin alphabet , formed fromG with the addition of a dot above the letter. The dot is sometimes placed within the capital, rather than above.Usage
Arabic
Ġ is used in some
Arabic transliteration schemes, such asDIN 31635 andISO 233 , to represent the letter غ (ġayn).Chechen
Ġ in Chechen Latin-based alphabet is an analog of Cyrillic гI.
Irish
Ġ was formerly used in Irish to represent the lenited form of
G . The digraph gh is now used.Maltese
Ġ is the 7th letter of the
Maltese alphabet , preceded byF and followed byG . It represents avoiced postalveolar affricate (IPA: IPA|/dʒ/).Old English
Ġ is sometimes used in scholarly representation of
Old English to represent a soft "g" pronounced /j/, to distinguish it from /g/ which is otherwise spelled identically. The two sounds were not distinguished in Anglo-Saxon spelling.Ukrainian
Ġ is used in some
Ukrainian transliteration schemes, mainly , as the letterҐ .Phonetic transcription
ġ is sometimes used as a phonetic symbol. It can represent:
*avoiced velar fricative (IPA: IPA|/ɣ/)
*avelar nasal (IPA: IPA|/ŋ/)Computer encoding
ISO 8859-3 (Latin-3) includes Ġ at D5 and ġ at F5 for use in Maltese, and ISO 8859-14 (Latin-8) includes Ġ at B2 and ġ at B3 for use in Irish.
Precomposed character s for Ġ and ġ have been present inUnicode since version 1.0. As part ofWGL4 , it can be expected to display correctly on most computer systems.
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