Carolingian G

Capital yogh (left), lowercase yogh (right)

The Carolingian G or French G (𝗴) is one of two historical variants of the letter G that were in use in the Middle English alphabet. (The other variant is the insular (or Irish) G.). The Carolingian G is named for the Carolingian minuscule script, an exemplar of its use.^[1]

The Carolingian G stands at the basis of the modern letter G, and eventually replaced the insular G as standard form for the letter. The Ᵹ survived for a while as the letter Ȝ before being removed from the English alphabet.^{[dubious – discuss]}

The Carolingian G is the standard letter form for G in all modern Latin-script alphabets.

Footnotes

^ The History of G. MedievalWriting.com. Accessed March 30, 2012.

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[1] The History of G. MedievalWriting.com. Accessed March 30, 2012.

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