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Ge with middle hook

Ge with middle hook (Ҕ ҕ; italics: Ҕ ҕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in the Abkhaz and Sakha languages to represent the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/. In Unicode, this letter is called "Ghe with middle hook". The letter was invented in 1844 by Sjögren for the Ossetian language from the contraction of Cyrillic Г and Gothic .

Usage

⟨Ҕ⟩ is the sixth letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, placed between the digraphs ⟨Гь⟩ and ⟨Ҕь⟩. It is the fifth letter of the Sakha alphabet, placed between ⟨Г⟩ and ⟨Д⟩.

References

Ge with middle hook Wikipedia