| Script | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| Typedesc | ic |
| Phonemes | ʁ |
Ge with stroke and hook or descender (Ӻ ӻ; italics: Ӻ ӻ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, formed from the Cyrillic letter Ge (Г г Г г) by adding a horizontal stroke and a descender. In Unicode this letter is called "Ghe with stroke and hook".[1] It is similar in shape to the Latin letter F with hook (Ƒ ƒ) but is unrelated.
The letter is only used for the Nivkh language, where it represents the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, like the r in French.[2] There are two common designs: the original form with a straight descender (, ), and a variant with a hook designed by Просвещение (Enlightenment) publishing house.
See also
- Г г : Cyrillic Ge
- Ғ ғ : Cyrillic Ge with stroke
- Ƒ ƒ : Latin letter F with hook
- Nivkh
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
References
- ^ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF". pp 38–43 of The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 (2010). p. 43. http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf Accessed 2011-04-23.
- ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Nivkh (Нивхгу/Nivxgu)". Omniglot: Writing systems & languages of the world. Wolfram Siegel. Retrieved 2011-04-23.