Ge with descender

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Cyrillic letter
Ge with descender
Cyrillic letter Ge with descender.svg
Phonetic usage:[ɣ], [ʁ], [ɢ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀БВГҐ
ДЂЃЕЀЁЄ
ЖЗЗ́ЅИІЇ
И́ЍЙЈКЛЉ
МНЊОŌПР
СС́ТЋЌУӮ
ЎФХЦЧЏШ
ЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̄А̊А̃ӒӒ̄Ӕ
ӘӘ́Ә̃ӚВ̌ҒГ̑
Г̣Г̌ҔӺҒ̌ӶД̣
Д̆ԀӖЕ̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈
ӁҖӜҘӞЗ̌З̱
З̣ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃Ҋ
ӤҚӃҠҞҜК̣
ԚӅԮԒӍӉҢ
ԨӇҤО́О̀О̆О̂
О̃ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆
ӪҨԤР̌ҎҪС̣
С̱Т̌Т̣ҬУ̃ӰӰ́
ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣Х̱Х̮
Х̑ҲӼӾҺҺ̈Ԧ
ҴҶӴӋҸҼҾ
Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄Э̇
ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄
Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘ
ԀԔԖԠԢ
Ҧ
ԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄

Ge with descender (Ӷ ӷ; italics: Ӷ ӷ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script formed from the Cyrillic letter Ge (Г г Г г) by adding a descender. In Unicode this letter is called "Ghe with descender".[1]

Ge with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages (for details consult the articles on the languages):

Language Pronunciation
Abkhaz voiced velar fricative or voiced uvular fricative /ɣ ~ ʁ/
Ket voiced uvular plosive /ɢ/ or voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/[2]
Nivkh voiced uvular plosive /ɢ/[3][4]
Siberian Yupik voiced uvular plosive /ɢ/[5]

Computing codes[edit]

Character information
Preview Ӷ ӷ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
GHE WITH DESCENDER
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
GHE WITH DESCENDER
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1270 U+04F6 1271 U+04F7
UTF-8 211 182 D3 B6 211 183 D3 B7
Numeric character reference Ӷ Ӷ ӷ ӷ

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF". pp 38–43 of The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 (2010). p. 43. http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf Accessed 2011-04-23.
  2. ^ Вернер, Г. К. (1997). "Кетский язык". Языки мира. Палеоазиатские языки. Москва: Индрик.
  3. ^ Груздева, Е. Ю. (1997). "Нивхский язык". Языки мира. Палеоазиатские языки. Москва: Индрик.
  4. ^ "Nivkh (Нивхгу/Nivxgu)". Wolfram Siegel. in Omniglot: Writing systems & languages of the world. Simon Ager (ed.). http://www.omniglot.com/writing/nivkh.htm Accessed 2011-04-23.
  5. ^ Меновщиков, Г. А. (1997). "Азиатских эскимосов язык". Языки мира. Палеоазиатские языки. Москва: Индрик.