Reversed ge
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| Reversed ge | |
|---|---|
| Ꞁ ⁊ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Abkhaz, Abaza, Kabardian, Udi |
| Sound values | [ʒ], [ʑ], [t͡sʼ] |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 1920s to 1930s |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | left-to-right |
Reversed ge (Ꞁ, ⁊) is an additional letter of the Latin script which was used in the writing of the Abkhaz language from 1928 to 1938, in the Abaza language, in the Kabardian language, in the Shidinn language and in the Udi language.
Use
[edit]Reversed ge was used in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of Yakovlev in 1930.
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Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930. -
Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932. -
Udi Latin alphabet of 1934.
Computing codes
[edit]Although this letter has not yet been encoded in Unicode, Ꞁ can be used respectively for the capital form, while ⁊ as is proposed in the Unicode encoding proposal:
| Preview | Ꞁ | ⁊ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED GE | LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED GE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 42880 | U+A780 | 8266 | U+204A |
| UTF-8 | 234 158 128 | EA 9E 80 | 226 129 138 | E2 81 8A |
| Numeric character reference | Ꞁ |
Ꞁ |
⁊ |
⁊ |
See also
[edit]- Ğ (G with breve)
- Abkhaz language
- Latin script
Bibliography
[edit]- Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (18 October 2011). Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
- Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (29 January 2012). Revised proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).