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{{short description|Latin letter G with hook}}{{Infobox grapheme|type=alphabet|typedesc=ic|script=[[Latin script]]|image=Latin_letter_G_with_hook.svg|image2=Latin_letter_G_with_hook_(lowercase_form_2).svg|name=G with hook|letter=Ɠ ɠ|language=[[African Reference Alphabet]]|phonemes={{IPAblink|ɠ}}|unicode=U+0193, U+0260|alphanumber=19th

'''G with hook''' (majuscule: '''{{unicode|Ɠ}}''', minuscule: '''{{unicode|ɠ}}''') is a letter of the extended [[Latin alphabet]]. In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], it represents the [[voiced velar implosive]]. It occurs in the orthographies of some African languages such as [[Kpelle language|Kpelle]] or some orthographies of [[Fula language|Fula]], and is included in the [[African reference alphabet]].

|fam1=[[File:Camelus bactrianus-sil.svg|20px|Pictogram of a Camel]] (speculated origin)

|fam2=<hiero>T14</hiero>

|fam3=[[File:Proto-semiticG-01.svg|20px|Gimel]]

|fam4=[[File:phoenician gimel.svg|20px|Gimel]]

|fam5=[[File:Greek Gamma 03.svg|20px|Early Greek Gamma]]

|fam6=[[File:Early Etruscan C.svg|20px|Early Etruscan C]]

|fam7=[[Gamma|Γ γ]]

|fam8=[[𐌂]]

|fam9=[[C]]

|fam10=[[G]]}}

'''G with hook''' (majuscule: '''{{unicode|Ɠ}}''', minuscule: '''{{unicode|ɠ}}''') is a letter of the extended [[Latin alphabet]]. In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], itits small caps form ({{Unichar|029b}}) represents the [[voiced uvular implosive]] and its lowercase form represents the [[voiced velar implosive]]. ItBecause it occurs in the orthographies of some African languages, such as [[Kpelle language|Kpelle]] orincluding some unofficial orthographies of [[Fula language|Fula]], andit is included in the [[African Reference Alphabet|African reference alphabet]].<ref name="compart">{{cite web|url= https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+0193|title=Unicode Character "Ɠ" (U+0193)|work=Compart |publisher=Compart AG | place= Oak Brook, IL|date=2021 |accessdate=2024-02-17}}</ref>

==Unicode==

In [[Unicode]], the [[majuscule]] {{unicode|Ɠ}} is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block at U+{{Unichar|0193}} and the [[Lower case|minuscule]] {{unicode|ɠ}} is encoded at U+0260{{Unichar|260}}.

[[File:GwithHook.png|thumb|[[Doulos SIL]] glyphs for Majuscule and minuscule Ɠɠ.]]

==See also==

*[[Writing systems of Africa#Latin|Writing systems of Africa (section on Latin script)]]

*[[Ɓ]]

*[[Ɗ]]

==References==

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[[Category:Uncommon Latin letters]]

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[[br:Ɠ (lizherenn)]]

[[de:Ɠ]]

[[fr:Ɠ]]

[[no:Ɠ]]

[[zh:Ɠ]]