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[[Image:Insular G.svg|right|Shape of Insular G]] |
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'''Insular G''' ([[image:Insular_G.GIF]]) is a form of the letter [[g]] resembling a [[tailed z]], |
'''Insular G''' ([[image:Insular_G.GIF]]) is a form of the letter [[g]] resembling a [[tailed z]], developed in [[Ireland]] in the 7th century. It was first used by the Irish, and passed into [[Old English language|Old English]], and developed into the [[Middle English]] letter [[yogh]]; Middle English, having reborrowed the familiar [[Carolingian g]] from the Continent, thus used two forms of g as separate letters. |
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The lowercase insular g was used in Irish [[linguistics]] as a phonetic character for the [[voiced velar fricative]], IPA /{{IPA|ɣ}}/, and on this basis is encoded in the Phonetic Extensions block of [[Unicode]] as of [[March 2005]] as U+1D79: {{unicode|ᵹ}}. |
The lowercase insular g was used in Irish [[linguistics]] as a phonetic character for the [[voiced velar fricative]], IPA /{{IPA|ɣ}}/, and on this basis is encoded in the Phonetic Extensions block of [[Unicode]] as of [[March 2005]] as U+1D79: {{unicode|ᵹ}}. |
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Revision as of 23:44, 22 July 2008
Insular G (
) is a form of the letter g resembling a tailed z, developed in Ireland in the 7th century. It was first used by the Irish, and passed into Old English, and developed into the Middle English letter yogh; Middle English, having reborrowed the familiar Carolingian g from the Continent, thus used two forms of g as separate letters.
The lowercase insular g was used in Irish linguistics as a phonetic character for the voiced velar fricative, IPA /ɣ/, and on this basis is encoded in the Phonetic Extensions block of Unicode as of March 2005 as U+1D79: ᵹ.
The insular form of g is still used in traditional Gaelic script.
See also
External links
- Drawing an insular G (here mistaken for yogh)
- On the derivation of YOGH and EZH shows insular g in several typefaces.
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