Ǧ (minuscule: ǧ), called G with caron, is a letter used in several Latin orthographies.
Usage In the Romany and Skolt Sami languages, it represents the palatalized g .
It has also been used in Czech and Slovak orthographies until the middle of the 19th century to represent a voiced velar plosive (IPA: ; the English hard G-sound), whereas a regular ⟨G⟩ stood for a voiced palatal approximant (IPA: ; the English consonantal Y-sound).
In the Berber Latin and Resian alphabets, ⟨ǧ⟩ is pronounced as a voiced postalveolar affricate (IPA: ; an English J-sound).
In Lakota, ⟨ǧ⟩ represents a voiced uvular fricative (IPA: ; an R-sound pronounced back in the throat)
In Heiltsuk, it represents a plain uvular plosive .
In the DIN 31635 Arabic transliteration, it represents the letter Ǧīm ⟨ﺝ⟩.
In Latvian, ⟨ǧ⟩ is also used as a handwritten form of ⟨ģ⟩, particularly in cursive writing.
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See also Ğ (with breve)
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