Ġ
Ġ (minuscule: ġ) is a letter of the Latin script, formed from G with the addition of a dot above the letter.
| Ġ | ġ |
Usage
Arabic
Ġ is used in some Arabic transliteration schemes, such as DIN 31635 and ISO 233, to represent the letter غ (ġain).
Armenian
Ġ is used in the romanization of Classical or Eastern Armenian to represent the letter Ղ/ղ (ġat).
Chechen
Ġ in the Chechen Latin alphabet is an analog of Cyrillic гI.
Inupiat
Ġ is used in some dialects of Inupiat to represent the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/.
Maltese
Ġ is the 7th letter of the Maltese alphabet, preceded by F and followed by G. It represents the sound [dʒ].
Old Czech
⟨ġ⟩ is sometimes (about 16th century) used to represent real g, to distinguish it from the j (because of the consonant j was ordinarily written using letter g).
Old English
⟨Ġ⟩ is sometimes used in scholarly representation of Old English to represent [j] or [dʒ], to distinguish it from [ɡ], which is otherwise spelled identically. The digraph ⟨cg⟩ was also used to represent [dʒ].
Ukrainian
⟨Ġ⟩ is used in some Ukrainian transliteration schemes, mainly ISO 9:1995, as the letter Ґ.
Phonetic transcription
⟨ġ⟩ is sometimes used as a phonetic symbol transcribing [ɣ] or [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 characters for Ġ and ġ have been present in Unicode since version 1.0. As part of WGL4, it can be expected to display correctly on most computer systems.
| Appearance | Code points | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ġ | U+0120 U+0047, U+0307 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE |
| ġ | U+0121 U+0067, U+0307 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN SMALL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE |