ɣ - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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A Latin adaptation of the Ancient Greek and Modern Greek letter γ (“gamma”). In Greek, γ in most contexts represents a voiced velar fricative, and has done so since Koine Greek, which is why it was chosen as the IPA letter to represent that sound (in Ancient times, in Attic Greek, γ represented [ɡ], like the English g).

ɣ

1. (IPA) a voiced velar fricative.

   (superscript ⟨ˠ⟩) velarized (that is, [ɣ]-coloring).

   (superscript ⟨ˠ⟩) [ɣ]-fricated release or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ɣ] – see ˠ.

2. (phonetics, obsolete) letter in Doke (1925) for a voiced dental click.

   (doubled ligature) letter in Doke (1925) for a voiced lateral click.

Sometimes confused with ⟨ɤ⟩, the unrounded back vowel letter (ram's horns), especially in its "baby gamma" form, but the vowel letter does not drop below the baseline, which the consonant ⟨ɣ⟩ does.

• Γ (gamma)

• Latin gamma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Ewe alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, Ɖ ɖ, Dz dz, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, Ƒ ƒ, G g, Gb gb, Ɣ ɣ, H h, I i, K k, Kp kp, Q q, L l, M m, N n, Ny ny, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, T t, Ts ts, U u, V v, Ʋ ʋ, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

1. IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

IPA^(key): /h̞/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Nuer alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Okanagan alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, C c, C̓ c̓, Ə ə, Ə́ ə́, Ɣ ɣ, Ɣ̓ ɣ̓, H h, Ḥ ḥ, I i, Í í, K k, K̓ k̓, Kʷ kʷ, K̓ʷ k̓ʷ, L l, L̓ l̓, Ł ł, Ɬ ɬ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, M m, M̓ m̓, N n, N̓ n̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Q̓ q̓, Qʷ qʷ, Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ, R r, R̓ r̓, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, U u, Ú ú, W w, W̓ w̓, X x, Xʷ xʷ, X̌ x̌, X̌ʷ x̌ʷ, Y y, Y̓ y̓, ʕ, ʕ̓, ʕʷ, ʕ̓ʷ, ʔ

• IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Shilha alphabet.

1. IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ɣ (upper case Ɣ)

1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.