Ġ

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 (ġain).

Chechen

Ġ in the Chechen Latin alphabet is an analog of Cyrillic гI.

Inupiat

Ġ is used in some dialects of Inupiat to represent the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/.

Irish

Ġ was formerly used in Irish to represent the lenited form of G. The digraph gh is now used.

Maltese

Ġ is the 7th letter of the Maltese alphabet, preceded by F and followed by G. It represents the sound [dʒ].

Old Czech

⟨ġ⟩ is sometimes (about 16th century) used to represent real g, to distinguish it from the j (because of the consonant j was ordinarily written using letter g).

Old English

⟨Ġ⟩ is sometimes used in scholarly representation of Old English to represent [j] or [dʒ], to distinguish it from [ɡ], which is otherwise spelled identically. The digraph ⟨cg⟩ was also used to represent [dʒ].

Tunisian Arabic

It is used in Tunisian Arabic transliteration for /ʕ/ (based on Maltese with additional letters).

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].

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.