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Ġ (minuscule: ġ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from G with the addition of a dot above the letter. The dot is sometimes placed within the capital, rather than above.

Contents

1 Usage

1.1 Arabic
1.2 Irish
1.3 Maltese
1.4 Phonetic transcription

2 Computer encoding

Usage

Arabic

Ġ is used in some Arabic transliteration schemes, such as DIN 31635 and ISO 233, to represent the letter غ (ġayn).

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 a voiced postalveolar affricate (IPA: /dʒ/).

Phonetic transcription

ġ is sometimes used as a phonetic symbol. It can represent:

a voiced velar fricative (IPA: /ɣ/)
a velar nasal (IPA: /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.
Appearance Code points Name
Ġ U+0120
U+0047, U+0307 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE
ġ U+0121
U+0067, U+0307 LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE
LATIN SMALL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE

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

Modified characters Àà Ȁȁ Áá Ââ Ầầ Ấấ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ãã Ää Ǟǟ Āā Ăă Ằằ Ắắ Ẵẵ Ặặ Ẳẳ Ȧȧ Ǡǡ Ạạ Åå Ḁḁ Ǻǻ Ȃȃ Ąą Ǎǎ Ảả Aʾẚ Ⱥ Ḃḃ Ḅḅ Ḇḇ ƀ Ɓɓ Ƃƃ Ćć Ĉĉ Ċċ Çç Ḉḉ Čč Ƈƈ Ȼȼ Ďď Ḋḋ Ḍḍ Ḏḏ Ḑḑ Ḓḓ Đđ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ Ƌƌ Èè Ȅȅ Éé Êê Ềề Ếế Ễễ Ệệ Ểể Ḛḛ Ëë Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ĕĕ Ėė Ẹẹ E̩e̩ Ȇȇ Ȩȩ Ḝḝ Ęę Ěě Ẽẽ Ḙḙ Ẻẻ Ḟḟ Ƒƒ Ǵǵ Ĝĝ Ḡḡ Ğğ Ġġ Ģģ Ǧǧ Ǥǥ Ɠɠ Ĥĥ Ḣḣ Ḥḥ Ḧḧ Ȟȟ Ḩḩ Ḫḫ H̱ẖ Ħħ Ƕƕ Iı Ìì Ȉȉ Íí Îî Ĩĩ Ḭḭ Ïï Ḯḯ Īī Ĭĭ Ȋȋ Įį Ǐǐ İi Ịị Ỉỉ Ɨɨ ɟ Ĵĵ J̌ǰ Ḱḱ Ǩǩ Ķķ Ḳḳ Ḵḵ Ƙƙ Ĺĺ Ļļ Ľľ Ḷḷ Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ḽḽ Ƚƚ Łł ɫ Ḿḿ M̃m̃ Ṁṁ Ṃṃ Ǹǹ Ńń N̈n̈ Ññ Ņņ Ňň Ṅṅ Ṇṇ Ṉṉ Ṋṋ Ŋŋ Ɲɲ Ƞƞ Òò Ȍȍ Óó Őő Ôô Ồồ Ốố Ỗỗ Ộộ Ổổ Õõ Ṍṍ Ṏṏ Ȭȭ Öö Ȫȫ Ōō Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ŏŏ Ȏȏ Ǒǒ Ȯȯ Ȱȱ Ọọ O̩o̩ Ǫǫ Ǭǭ Ơơ Ờờ Ớớ Ỡỡ Ợợ Ởở Ỏỏ Ɵɵ Øø Ǿǿ Ṕṕ Ṗṗ P̃p̃ Ƥƥ ᵽ Ȑȑ Ŕŕ Ŗŗ Řř Ȓȓ Ṙṙ Ṛṛ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ ɽ Śś Ṥṥ Ŝŝ Şş Șș Šš Ṧṧ Ṡṡ Ṣṣ Ṩṩ S̩s̩ ȿ T̈ẗ Ţţ Țț Ťť Ṫṫ Ṭṭ Ṯṯ Ṱṱ Ŧŧ Ⱦ Ƭƭ Ʈʈ Ùù Ȕȕ Úú Űű Ûû Ũũ Ṹṹ Ṵṵ Üü Ṳṳ Ǜǜ Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ǚǚ Ūū Ṻṻ Ŭŭ Ụụ Ůů Ȗȗ Ųų Ǔǔ Ṷṷ Ủủ Ưư Ừừ Ứứ Ữữ Ựự Ửử ʉ Ṽṽ Ṿṿ Ẁẁ Ẃẃ Ŵŵ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ W̊ẘ Ẋẋ Ẍẍ Ỳỳ Ýý Ŷŷ Ÿÿ Ỹỹ Ȳȳ Ẏẏ Y̊ẙ Ỵỵ Ỷỷ Ƴƴ Źź Ẑẑ Żż Ẓẓ Žž Ẕẕ Ƶƶ Ȥȥ ɀ

ɑ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ðð Ǝǝ Əə Ɛɛ Ƒƒ Ɩɩ Ȝȝ Ɣɣ Ƣƣ Kʻĸ ƛ Ɔɔ Œœ Ȣȣ Ʀʀ Ↄ Ʃʃ Þþ Ʊʊ ʌ Ʋʋ Ⅎ Ɯɯ ƿǷ ɥ Çç ɀ Ʒʒ Ǯǯ Ƹƹ Ƨƨ Зз Чч Ƽƽ Ƅƅ ʔ/Ɂ ǀ ǁ ǂ ǃ ʇ ʖ ʗ ʘ

Digraphs Bh bh Ch ch C̱h c̱h CÖ cö Cs cs Cu cu Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Ff ff Gb gb Gh gh Gi gi Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lj lj Lh lh Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Tz tz Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv

Trigraphs Dzs dzs Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch

Quadrigraphs Nyng nyng

Stylistic variants Carolingian G insular G ({{unicode r rotunda long s ({{unicode

Appearance	Code points	Name
Ġ	U+0120 U+0047, U+0307	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE
ġ	U+0121 U+0067, U+0307	LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE LATIN SMALL LETTER G + COMBINING DOT ABOVE

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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
Modified characters	Àà Ȁȁ Áá Ââ Ầầ Ấấ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ãã Ää Ǟǟ Āā Ăă Ằằ Ắắ Ẵẵ Ặặ Ẳẳ Ȧȧ Ǡǡ Ạạ Åå Ḁḁ Ǻǻ Ȃȃ Ąą Ǎǎ Ảả Aʾẚ Ⱥ Ḃḃ Ḅḅ Ḇḇ ƀ Ɓɓ Ƃƃ Ćć Ĉĉ Ċċ Çç Ḉḉ Čč Ƈƈ Ȼȼ Ďď Ḋḋ Ḍḍ Ḏḏ Ḑḑ Ḓḓ Đđ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ Ƌƌ Èè Ȅȅ Éé Êê Ềề Ếế Ễễ Ệệ Ểể Ḛḛ Ëë Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ĕĕ Ėė Ẹẹ E̩e̩ Ȇȇ Ȩȩ Ḝḝ Ęę Ěě Ẽẽ Ḙḙ Ẻẻ Ḟḟ Ƒƒ Ǵǵ Ĝĝ Ḡḡ Ğğ Ġġ Ģģ Ǧǧ Ǥǥ Ɠɠ Ĥĥ Ḣḣ Ḥḥ Ḧḧ Ȟȟ Ḩḩ Ḫḫ H̱ẖ Ħħ Ƕƕ Iı Ìì Ȉȉ Íí Îî Ĩĩ Ḭḭ Ïï Ḯḯ Īī Ĭĭ Ȋȋ Įį Ǐǐ İi Ịị Ỉỉ Ɨɨ ɟ Ĵĵ J̌ǰ Ḱḱ Ǩǩ Ķķ Ḳḳ Ḵḵ Ƙƙ Ĺĺ Ļļ Ľľ Ḷḷ Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ḽḽ Ƚƚ Łł ɫ Ḿḿ M̃m̃ Ṁṁ Ṃṃ Ǹǹ Ńń N̈n̈ Ññ Ņņ Ňň Ṅṅ Ṇṇ Ṉṉ Ṋṋ Ŋŋ Ɲɲ Ƞƞ Òò Ȍȍ Óó Őő Ôô Ồồ Ốố Ỗỗ Ộộ Ổổ Õõ Ṍṍ Ṏṏ Ȭȭ Öö Ȫȫ Ōō Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ŏŏ Ȏȏ Ǒǒ Ȯȯ Ȱȱ Ọọ O̩o̩ Ǫǫ Ǭǭ Ơơ Ờờ Ớớ Ỡỡ Ợợ Ởở Ỏỏ Ɵɵ Øø Ǿǿ Ṕṕ Ṗṗ P̃p̃ Ƥƥ ᵽ Ȑȑ Ŕŕ Ŗŗ Řř Ȓȓ Ṙṙ Ṛṛ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ ɽ Śś Ṥṥ Ŝŝ Şş Șș Šš Ṧṧ Ṡṡ Ṣṣ Ṩṩ S̩s̩ ȿ T̈ẗ Ţţ Țț Ťť Ṫṫ Ṭṭ Ṯṯ Ṱṱ Ŧŧ Ⱦ Ƭƭ Ʈʈ Ùù Ȕȕ Úú Űű Ûû Ũũ Ṹṹ Ṵṵ Üü Ṳṳ Ǜǜ Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ǚǚ Ūū Ṻṻ Ŭŭ Ụụ Ůů Ȗȗ Ųų Ǔǔ Ṷṷ Ủủ Ưư Ừừ Ứứ Ữữ Ựự Ửử ʉ Ṽṽ Ṿṿ Ẁẁ Ẃẃ Ŵŵ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ W̊ẘ Ẋẋ Ẍẍ Ỳỳ Ýý Ŷŷ Ÿÿ Ỹỹ Ȳȳ Ẏẏ Y̊ẙ Ỵỵ Ỷỷ Ƴƴ Źź Ẑẑ Żż Ẓẓ Žž Ẕẕ Ƶƶ Ȥȥ ɀ
	ɑ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ðð Ǝǝ Əə Ɛɛ Ƒƒ Ɩɩ Ȝȝ Ɣɣ Ƣƣ Kʻĸ ƛ Ɔɔ Œœ Ȣȣ Ʀʀ Ↄ Ʃʃ Þþ Ʊʊ ʌ Ʋʋ Ⅎ Ɯɯ ƿǷ ɥ Çç ɀ Ʒʒ Ǯǯ Ƹƹ Ƨƨ Зз Чч Ƽƽ Ƅƅ ʔ/Ɂ ǀ ǁ ǂ ǃ ʇ ʖ ʗ ʘ
Digraphs	Bh bh Ch ch C̱h c̱h CÖ cö Cs cs Cu cu Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Ff ff Gb gb Gh gh Gi gi Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lj lj Lh lh Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Tz tz Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv
Trigraphs	Dzs dzs Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch
Quadrigraphs	Nyng nyng
Stylistic variants	Carolingian G insular G ({{unicode r rotunda long s ({{unicode