Ge with middle hook

Ge with middle hook (Ҕ ҕ; italics: Ҕ ҕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in the Yukaghir and Yakut languages to represent the voiced velar fricative . In Unicode, this letter is called "Ghe with middle hook"."Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF". pp 38–43 of The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 (2010). p. 42. https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf Accessed 2011-04-25. The letter was invented in 1844 by Andreas Johan Sjögren for the Ossetian language from the contraction of Cyrillic Г and Gothic 𐌷 (hagl). Шёгрен А. М. Осетинская грамматика с кратким словарем осетинско-российским и российско-осетинским. — СПб., 1844. — С. 9.

Usage is the fifth letter of the Yakut alphabet, placed between and . It was formerly also the seventh letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, placed between the digraphs and ; it was replaced by the letter .

Ge with middle hook was also used in the Chuvash language, in Ivan Yakovlev's initial 47-letter alphabet.

Computing codes

See also Г г : Cyrillic letter Ge Ғ ғ : Cyrillic letter Ghayn Ӷ ӷ : Cyrillic letter Ge with descender Ҕ̀ ҕ̀ : Cyrillic letter Ge with middle hook and grave

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