Ka with vertical stroke

Ka with vertical stroke (Ҝ ҝ; italics: Ҝ ҝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) by the addition of a stroke through the short horizontal bar in the center of the letter.

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originAzerbaijani

Sound values/ɟ/

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Ka with vertical stroke
Ҝ ҝ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Azerbaijani
Sound values	/ɟ/
In Unicode	U+049C, U+049D
History
Time period	1939–present
Transliterations	G g
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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Ka with vertical stroke was used in the Azerbaijani Cyrillic alphabet from 1939 to 1991 in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Cyrillic alphabet still sees use in Dagestan and other parts of Russia. It represented the voiced palatal plosive /ɟ/, similar to the pronunciation of ⟨g⟩ in "angular". The corresponding letter in the Latin alphabet is ⟨G g⟩, and the name of the letter is ge (ҝе, [ˈɟɛ]).

The letter is also used in the Tat and Judeo-Tat alphabets in Azerbaijan.^[1]