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Ge with inverted breve

Cyrillic letter formerly used for /ʁ/ in Aleut From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ge with inverted breve (Г̑ г̑; italics: Г̑ г̑) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.

Writing systemCyrillic
Sound values[ɣ], [ʁ]
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Ge with inverted breve
Г̑ г̑
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values[ɣ], [ʁ]
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
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Ge with inverted breve was used in the historical alphabet of the Aleut language, where it represented the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, like the r in French ‘rouge’. It corresponds to Latin letter G with circumflex (Ĝ ĝ Ĝ ĝ).

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