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Etymology edit
A Latin 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 edit
IPA (file)
Symbol edit
ɣ
- (IPA) a voiced velar fricative.
- (phonetics, obsolete) letter in Doke (1925) for a voiced dental click.
- (doubled ligature) letter in Doke (1925) for a voiced lateral click.
Usage notes edit
Sometimes confused with ⟨ɤ⟩, the unrounded back vowel letter (ram's horns), especially in its "baby gamma" form, but the vowel letter does not drop below the baseline, which the consonant ⟨ɣ⟩ does.
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Further reading edit
- Latin gamma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dagbani edit
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ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.
Ewe edit
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ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Ewe alphabet.
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Kabyle edit
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ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Nuer edit
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ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Nuer alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Osage edit
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ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet.
Tuareg edit
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ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.