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Reversed ge

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Reversed ge
Ꞁ ⁊
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originAbkhaz, Abaza, Kabardian, Udi
Sound values[ʒ], [ʑ], [t͡sʼ]
History
Development
  • Ꞁ ⁊
Time period1920s to 1930s
Other
Writing directionleft-to-right
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.

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

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Reversed ge was used in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of Yakovlev in 1930.

Computing codes

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Although this letter has not yet been encoded in Unicode, can be used respectively for the capital form, while as is proposed in the Unicode encoding proposal:

Character information
Preview
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

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Bibliography

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  • 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).