ɡ

See also: Ɡ [U+A7AC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT G], g [U+0067 LATIN SMALL LETTER G], ꞔ [U+A794 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH PALATAL HOOK], ց [U+0581 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CO], and Appendix:Variations of "g"

ɡ U+0261, ɡ LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT G ← ɠ [U+0260] IPA Extensions ɢ → [U+0262]

Character variations

ᶢ U+1DA2, ᶢ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL SCRIPT G ← ᶡ [U+1DA1] Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶣ → [U+1DA3]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Often called the 'open-tailed g'. Both open-tail ⟨ɡ⟩ and double-loop ⟨g⟩ are acceptable in IPA transcription, but the open-tailed ɡ is traditional. Similarly, the superscript letter may be ⟨ᵍ⟩ but is more commonly ⟨ᶢ⟩.

Pronunciation

IPA:

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See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz

Letter

ɡ

1. (IPA) a voiced velar plosive.
2. (superscript ⟨ᶢ⟩, IPA) [ɡ]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [ɡ]-release, [ɡ]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ɡ].

   (on a click consonant) A voiced velar as opposed to voiced uvular click; specifically:

   velar dental click ⟨ᶢǀ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶢʇ⟩),

   velar alveolar click ⟨ᶢǃ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶢʗ⟩),

   velar palatal click ⟨ᶢǂ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶢ𝼋⟩),

   velar lateral click ⟨ᶢǁ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶢʖ⟩),

   velar bilabial click ⟨ᶢʘ⟩,

   velar retroflex click ⟨ᶢ𝼊⟩ or ad hoc ⟨ᶢ‼⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶢψ⟩).

   Placement after the click letter – e.g. ⟨ǂᶢ⟩ – may imply an audible velar release.

   See also ⟨𐞒⟩, ⟨ᵏ⟩, ⟨ᵑ⟩.