Gj (digraph)

Gj (digraph)

Gj is a digraph of the Latin Alphabet that appears as a distinct letter in the Albanian alphabet, 11th in order. The letter combination also appears in the Norwegian and Swedish languages.

In Albanian it is used the represent the voiced palatal plosive IPA| [ɟ] , though Gheg speakers mostly pronounce it as IPA| [dʒ] . In the Arbëresh variety it represents the voiced velar plosive IPA| [ɡʲ] . The sound "gj" derived mainly from "gl" (gluha), which turned into "gi" or "g" (giuha, guha), as it may be found today in Gheg, and eventually into "gj" (gjuha) in Tosk and Standard Albanian.

In Norwegian and Swedish, it is found in words like "gj"øre" / "gjö"ra" ('to do') and "i"gj"en" ('again'). It is pronounced as the palatal approximant IPA| [j] .

It is also used in Romanisation of Macedonian as a Latin equivalent of the Cyrillic letter Ѓ.

ee also

*GN (abbreviation)
*Gy (digraph)
*Ģ


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