Ğ
| G with breve | |
|---|---|
| Ğ ğ | |
| ǧ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Azerbaijani language, Crimean Tatar language, Turkish language |
| Sound values | [∅] [◌ː] [ɣ] [ʁ] [ɰ] [j] [d͡ʒ] |
| In Unicode | U+011E, U+011F |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | 1928 to present |
| Descendants | • Ǧ • Ġ |
| Sisters | G Г Ґ Ғ Ҕ Ӻ چ ج ገ ࠂ ג Ð |
| Transliterations | غ, Gh (digraph), Ғ |
| Variations | ǧ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ |
| Other | |
| Associated graphs | gh, ǧ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Ğ (g with breve; minuscule: ğ) is a Latin letter found in the Turkish and Azerbaijani alphabets as well as the Latin alphabets of Zazaki, Laz, Crimean Tatar, Tatar, and Kazakh. It traditionally represented the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ or the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/. However, in Turkish, the phoneme has in most cases been reduced to a silent letter, serving as a vowel-lengthener. In Dobrujan Tatar it represents the voiced palato-alveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/.