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Ɣ

Ɣ

Ɣ U+0194, Ɣ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
← Ɠ
[U+0193] 		Latin Extended-B ƕ →
[U+0195]
See also: ɣ and Appendix:Variations of "g"

Translingual

Letter

Ɣ upper case (lower case ɣ)

  1. A letter of the African reference alphabet representing the voiced velar fricative, and coming between G and H.

See also

ɣ

ɣ

ɣ U+0263, ɣ
LATIN SMALL LETTER GAMMA
← ɢ
[U+0262] 		IPA Extensions ɤ →
[U+0264]
See also: Ɣ and Appendix:Variations of "g"

Translingual

Symbol

ɣ

  1. (IPA) voiced velar fricative

Usage notes

Sometimes confused with the unrounded back vowel letter ram's horns (ɤ), which unlike ɣ does not drop below the baseline.

Letter

ɣ lower case (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of some African alphabets representing voiced velar fricative.

See also

Etymology

An adaptation of the Ancient Greek and Modern Greek letter γ ‎(“gamma”). In Greek, γ in most contexts represents a voiced velar fricative, and has done so since Koine Greek, which is why it was chosen as the IPA letter to represent that sound (in Ancient times, in Attic Greek, γ represented [ɡ], like the English g).

Pronunciation

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