Ġ
Latin letter G with dot above
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Ġ (minuscule: ġ) is a letter of the Latin script, formed from G with the addition of a dot above the letter.
Usage
Arabic
Ġ is used in some Arabic transliteration schemes, such as DIN 31635 and ISO 233, to represent the letter غ (ġayn).
Armenian
Ġ is used in the romanization of Classical or Eastern Armenian to represent the letter Ղ/ղ (ġat).
Chechen
Ġ is present in the Chechen Latin alphabet, created in the 1990s. The Cyrillic equivalent is гI, which represents the sound /ɣ/.[1]
Iñupiaq
In some dialects of the Iñupiaq language, an Eskaleut language, Ġ is used to represent the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/.[2][3][4]
Irish
Ġ was formerly used in Irish to represent the lenited form of G. The digraph gh is now used.[5]
Maltese
Ġ is the 7th letter of the Maltese alphabet, preceded by F and followed by G. Pronounced as the English "J" in Jam. It represents the voiced postalveolar affricate [dʒ].[6]
Old Czech
⟨ġ⟩ is sometimes (about 16th century) used to represent real [g], to distinguish it from the letter ⟨g⟩, which represented the consonant [j].
Old English
⟨Ġ⟩ is sometimes used in modern scholarly transcripts of Old English to represent [j] or [dʒ] (after ⟨n⟩), to distinguish it from ⟨g⟩ pronounced as /ɣ/, which is otherwise spelled identically. The digraph ⟨cg⟩ was also used to represent [dʒ].[7]
Ukrainian
⟨Ġ⟩ is used in some Ukrainian transliteration schemes, mainly ISO 9:1995, as the letter Ґ.
Phonetic transcription
⟨ġ⟩ is sometimes used as a phonetic symbol transcribing [ɣ] or [ŋ].
Georgian
Ġ is used in the transliteration of Georgian to represent the letter ღ.
Computer encoding
ISO 8859-3 (Latin-3) includes Ġ at D5 and ġ at F5 for use in Maltese, and ISO 8859-14 (Latin-8) includes Ġ at B2 and ġ at B3 for use in Irish.
Precomposed characters for Ġ and ġ have been present in Unicode since version 1.0. As part of WGL4, it can be expected to display correctly on most computer systems.
| Appearance | Code points | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ġ | U+0120 U+0047, U+0307 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE |
| ġ | U+0121 U+0067, U+0307 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN SMALL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE |
OpenAI's GPT-2 uses U+0120 (Ġ) as a substitute for the space character in its tokens.[8]