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g

See also: Appendix:Variations of "g", ց [U+0581 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CO], and ɡ [U+0261 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT G]

g U+0067, g
LATIN SMALL LETTER G
← f
[U+0066] 		Basic Latin h →
[U+0068]
ｇ U+FF47, ｇ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER G
← ｆ
[U+FF46] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｈ →
[U+FF48]

TranslingualEdit

 
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LetterEdit

g (upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(file)

SymbolEdit

ᵍ U+1D4D, ᵍ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL G
← ᵌ
[U+1D4C] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵎ →
[U+1D4E]

g

  1. Symbol for the gram, an SI unit of mass.
  2. Symbol for gravitational acceleration, approximately 9.81 m/s2 or 32 ft/sec2 at the earth's surface. Distinguished from G.
  3. (IPA) Alternative form of ɡ (voiced velar stop).
  4. (physics) gluon

TranslationsEdit

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of G, in normal and italic type

  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase G in Fraktur

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Other representations of G:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː/
Audio (US)(file)
Audio (UK)(file)

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G, plural gs or g's)

  1. The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
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NumberEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The ordinal number seventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviation.

NounEdit

g (countable and uncountable, plural gs)

  1. (physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.
  2. Abbreviation of gram.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of G (grand: thousand).
Derived termsEdit

Multiple parts of speechEdit

g

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of go and inflections goes, going, gone
  2. (stenoscript) The sounds /ɡ, ŋɡ, ŋ/
  3. (stenoscript) The suffix -ing

Usage notesEdit

(abbreviation of go): Note that g is not used for the inflection went, which is instead notated with w—.

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

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g lower case (upper case G)

  1. The ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: f
  • Next letter: h

NounEdit

g

  1. (physics) Abbreviation of gram.

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called go and written in the Latin script.

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EstonianEdit

 
Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊eː/, [ˈɡ̊eː]

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeː/, [ˈɡe̞ː] (name of letter)
  • Audio:(file)

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
  • Used only in loanwords expect for ng [ŋː].
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

g

  1. (music) G (note)
Usage notesEdit

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

DeclensionEdit
Declension of g (type maa)
singular plural
nominative g g:t
genitive g:n g:iden
g:itten
partitive g:tä g:itä
accusative g
g:n 		g:t
inessive g:ssä g:issä
elative g:stä g:istä
illative g:hen g:ihin
adessive g:llä g:illä
ablative g:ltä g:iltä
allative g:lle g:ille
essive g:nä g:inä
translative g:ksi g:iksi
instructive – g:in
abessive g:ttä g:ittä
comitative – g:ineen

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

SymbolEdit

g

  1. (physics) g
  2. (text messaging slang) Abbreviation of j'ai (“I have”).

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Usage notesEdit

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

g

  1. Romanization of 𐌲

HungarianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

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g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called gé and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative g g-k
accusative g-t g-ket
dative g-nek g-knek
instrumental g-vel g-kkel
causal-final g-ért g-kért
translative g-vé g-kké
terminative g-ig g-kig
essive-formal g-ként g-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive g-ben g-kben
superessive g-n g-ken
adessive g-nél g-knél
illative g-be g-kbe
sublative g-re g-kre
allative g-hez g-khez
elative g-ből g-kből
delative g-ről g-kről
ablative g-től g-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		g-é g-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		g-éi g-kéi
Possessive forms of g
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. g-m g-im
2nd person sing. g-d g-id
3rd person sing. g-je g-i
1st person plural g-nk g-ink
2nd person plural g-tek g-itek
3rd person plural g-jük g-ik
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviation of gramm (“gram”).

NounEdit

g (plural g-ok)

  1. g (a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative g g-ok
accusative g-ot g-okat
dative g-nak g-oknak
instrumental g-mal g-okkal
causal-final g-ért g-okért
translative g-má g-okká
terminative g-ig g-okig
essive-formal g-ként g-okként
essive-modal — —
inessive g-ban g-okban
superessive g-on g-okon
adessive g-nál g-oknál
illative g-ba g-okba
sublative g-ra g-okra
allative g-hoz g-okhoz
elative g-ból g-okból
delative g-ról g-okról
ablative g-tól g-októl
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		g-é g-oké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		g-éi g-okéi
Possessive forms of g
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. g-om g-jaim
2nd person sing. g-od g-jaid
3rd person sing. g-ja g-jai
1st person plural g-unk g-jaink
2nd person plural g-otok g-jaitok
3rd person plural g-juk g-jaik

Further readingEdit

  • (sound, letter, and abbreviation): g in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (musical note and its key): g in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /cɛː/

LetterEdit

g (upper case G)

  1. The ninth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡ/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɡe/

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g (upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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InterlinguaEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dʒe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /dʒ/ before 'i'/'e'/'y', as /ʒ/ in the suffix -age, and /ɡ/ elsewhere.

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Interlingua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: f
  • Next letter: h

ItalianEdit

LetterEdit

g f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called gi and written in the Latin script.

JapaneseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of g – see the following entry.
【グラム】
[noun] gram (unit of mass)
[counter] gram (unit of mass)
Alternative spellings
g, 瓦
(This term, g, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
G

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called gā and written in the Latin script.

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LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (upper case G)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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LushootseedEdit

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g

  1. The twelfth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced velar stop.

MalayEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡ/
  • IPA(key): /k/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, /k/, /j/, /ʃ/, /ɪ/
  • Audio(file)

LetterEdit

g

  1. The seventh letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • When g is written before j, they merge together and create the sound of y in you.
  • G is sometimes pronounced like the s in sugar in words of French origin, like genre, due to the fact that Norwegian lacks the voiced palato-alveolar sibilant [ʒ].
  • In eastern and nothern dialects, g at the end of pronouns is pronounced like the y in boy. In western and southern dialects, the g is pronounced like g in great.

NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

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g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (upper case G, lower case)

  1. The tenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called gie and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • g in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • g in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

 
The word for cat in Portuguese is gato, and starts with g.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. (International Standard) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The tenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ge, ghe, or gî and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

See G for pronunciation notes.

See alsoEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase) G

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (Cyrillic spelling г)

  1. The 11th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by f and followed by h.

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (upper case G)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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SloveneEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet g, from Czech alphabet g, from Latin g. Pronunciation as /ɡə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German g.

PronunciationEdit

  • Phoneme
Pronunciation of g

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ɡ/, [k], SNPT: /g/, [k]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ɡ/, [k], SNPT: /g/, [k]


• (colloquial): IPA(key): /ɡ/, [k], [x], SNPT: /g/, [k], [h]
• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): /ɣ/, [x], SNPT: /ɣ/, [h]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Letter name
Pronunciation of g [gə̀, gé] (ə̏, ẹ̄)
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈɡə̂], [ˈɡêː], [ˈɡěː], SNPT: [gə̏], [gẹ̄]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈɡə], [ˈɡeː], SNPT: [gə̀], [gé],
Audio:(file)

• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [ˈɣə̂], [ˈɣêː], [ˈɣěː], SNPT: [ɣə̏], [ɣẹ̄],
Audio:(file)

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -ə, -eː (ə̀, é) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: g
• Homophone: G (tonal and non-tonal)
• Homophone: G (non-tonal only)


• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *gə̀
    • Carinthian dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *gə̏
    • Pannonian dialect plane: *gə̏

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The eleventh letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The eighth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

SymbolEdit

g

  1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɡ].

NounEdit

g m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter G / g.
  2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /ɡ/.

InflectionEdit

  • Overall more common
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate), fixed accent, -j- infix
nom. sing. g
gen. sing. g-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		g g-ja g-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		g-ja g-jev g-jev
dative
dajȃlnik 		g-ju, g-ji g-jema g-jem
accusative
tožȋlnik 		g g-ja g-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		g-ju, g-ji g-jih g-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		g-jem g-jema g-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		g g-ja g-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings), fixed accent
nom. sing. g
gen. sing. g
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		g g g
genitive
rodȋlnik 		g g g
dative
dajȃlnik 		g g g
accusative
tožȋlnik 		g g g
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		g g g
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		g g g
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		g g g
  • Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix
nom. sing. g
gen. sing. g-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		g g-ja g-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		g-ja g-jov g-jov
dative
dajȃlnik 		g-ju, g-ji g-joma g-jom
accusative
tožȋlnik 		g g-ja g-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		g-ju, g-ji g-jih g-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		g-jom g-joma g-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		g g-ja g-ji

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “g”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Letter name
Phoneme

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /ɡ/ in front of a, o, u and å and /j/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö. Pronounced /ɧ/ in some loan words.

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡ/, [ɡ] (phoneme)
  • IPA(key): /ɡa/, [ɡɐ] (Abakada letter)
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/, [ˈd͡ʒi] (Filipino letter, slang: ready!)

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Spanish G / g.

NounEdit

g (Baybayin spelling ᜄ or ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet, called dyi or ga and written in the Latin script.
  2. (music) fifth tone from a C major scale

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of English game.

InterjectionEdit

g (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. (slang) a signal that the speaker is interested or ready to be part of an activity: game!; ready!
    Synonyms: geym, huwego
    Pupunta kami sa Intramuros ngayon. G?
    We'll be going to Intramuros today. You in?
    Pupunta kayo sa Intramuros ngayon? G! Sama ako!
    You'll be going to Intramuros today? Game! I'll join.
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TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, /ɟ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɟeː/

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ze˧˧], [ɣəː˨˩], [ɣəː˨˩ ʔɗəːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ɣəː˦˩], [ɣəː˦˩ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ɣəː˨˩], [ɣəː˨˩ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
  • Phonetic: giê, gờ, gờ đơn

LetterEdit

g

  1. The tenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

g

  1. Contraction of -ương.
    lương → lg
    work pay

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

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g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The tenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èg and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by ff and followed by ng.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gorsaf orsaf ngorsaf unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “g”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called gí and written in the Latin script.

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

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