Ghayn (Cyrillic)

The Cyrillic letter Ge stroke or Ayn (in Kazakh) (Ғ,ғ) is a Г with a horizontal stroke. It is used in Kazakh and Uzbek where it represents a voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/. Despite having a similar shape, it is not related to the F of the Latin alphabet. In Kazakh, this letter may also represent the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/. It was also used in Uzbek before the adoption of the Latin alphabet in 1992 - this letter corresponds to in the Uzbek Latin alphabet.

Cyrillic letter Ayn
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍІЇЙ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОПРСС́ТЋ
ЌУЎФХЦЧ
ЏШЩЪЫЬЭ
ЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́А̀ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄В̌ӘӘ́Ә̃ӚӔ
ҒГ̧Г̑Г̄Г̣Г̌Ҕ
ӺҒ̌ӶԀԂ
Д̆Д̣ԪԬД̆Ӗ
Е̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈ӁҖ
ӜԄҘӞЗ̌З̱З̣
ԐԐ̈ӠԆӢИ̃Ҋ
ӤИ́ҚӃҠҞҜ
ԞК̣ԚӅԮԒԠ
ԈԔӍӉҢԨӇ
ҤԢԊО́О̀О̆О̂
О̃О̄ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́
Ө̆ӪҨԤҦР̌Ҏ
ԖҪС̣С̱ԌТ̌Т̣
ҬԎУ̃Ӯ
ӰӰ́ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣
Х̱Х̮Х̑ҲӼӾҺ
Һ̈ԦҴҶӴ
ӋҸҼҾ
Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄Э̇
ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄
Я̆Я̄Я̈ԘԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ѸѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶ

The letter is also used in Azerbaijani, Bashkir,[1] Tajik, Karakalpak, and in Siberian Tatar.

Unicode renders this letter as "Ghe with stroke".

Usage

LanguageLetter orderIPA Notes
Azerbaijani5ɣ~ʁ Replaced by Latin Ğ in Azerbaijan, still used in Daghestan
Bashkir5ɣ~ʁ
Kazakh6ɣ~ʁ Replaced by Ǵ by 2025
Siberian Tatar6ɣ~ʁ
Tajik5ɣ~ʁ Represented as Ƣ
Uzbek34ɣ~ʁ Replaced by since 1992


Computing codes

CharacterҒғ
Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKECYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode1170U+04921171U+0493
UTF-8210 146D2 92210 147D2 93
Numeric character referenceҒҒғғ

See also

References

  1. "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-20.


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