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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
IPA: (file)
Symbol
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
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
Latin gamma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Dagbani
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.
Ewe
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Ewe alphabet.
See also
Kabyle
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Nuer
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Nuer alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Okanagan
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, C c, C̓ c̓, Ə ə, Ə́ ə́, Ɣ ɣ, Ɣ̓ ɣ̓, H h, Ḥ ḥ, I i, Í í, K k, K̓ k̓, Kʷ kʷ, K̓ʷ k̓ʷ, L l, L̓ l̓, Ł ł, Ɬ ɬ, ̓ ƛ̓, M m, M̓ m̓, N n, N̓ n̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Q̓ q̓, Qʷ qʷ, Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ, R r, R̓ r̓, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, U u, Ú ú, W w, W̓ w̓, X x, Xʷ xʷ, X̌ x̌, X̌ʷ x̌ʷ, Y y, Y̓ y̓, ʕ, ʕ̓, ʕʷ, ʕ̓ʷ, ʔ
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Osage
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet.
Tashelhit
Preposition
ɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⵖ)
Tuareg
Pronunciation
Letter
ɣ (upper case Ɣ)
- A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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