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ɣ

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ɣ U+0263, ɣ
LATIN SMALL LETTER GAMMA
ɢ
[U+0262]
IPA Extensions ɤ
[U+0264]

Translingual

Etymology

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

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Symbol

ɣ

  1. (IPA) a voiced velar fricative.
    (superscript ˠ) velarized (that is, [ɣ]-coloring).
    (superscript ˠ) [ɣ]-fricated release or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ɣ] see ˠ.
  2. (phonetics, obsolete) letter in Doke (1925) for a voiced dental click.
    (doubled ligature) letter in Doke (1925) for a voiced lateral click.

Usage notes

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.

See also

Further reading

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Dagbani

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

Ewe

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Ewe alphabet.

See also

Kabyle

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Nuer

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Nuer alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Okanagan

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Okanagan alphabet.

See also

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Osage

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet.

Tashelhit

Preposition

ɣ (Tifinagh spelling )

  1. in
    llan waman ɣ wanuthere is water in the well
  2. from (being in)
    Synonym:
    azul ɣ mrrakcgreetings from Marrakech

Tuareg

Pronunciation

Letter

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

  1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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