Turned g

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or turned g is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed by rotating g 180°. It is used to transliterate the Georgian letter . itself is the Georgian letter (which is transliterated "g") rotated. It represents a voiced uvular stop (IPA: ɢ) in some East Caucasian languages.

A 19th century Gamilaraay text, using a rotated capital G for ŋ.
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A 19th century Gamilaraay text, using a rotated capital G for ŋ.

A rotated capital G has sometimes been used as a substitute for an eng (ŋ).

was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, as U+1D77. Fonts that can display the character include Code2000, Doulos SIL and Charis SIL.

The Latin alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
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