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Graphemes for /g/ and Related Phonemes

/g/ - voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
apd-Latn <g> guruush ‘money’
ar-Arab <ج> مجلتنا ‘our magazine’
ast-Latn <gu> pagues ‘you pay’ 'gu' is used for [g] before e and i; elsewhere it is [gw]
ast-Latn <g> paga ‘he pays’ Sound is often close to /ɣ/
bcy-Latn <g> giɓe ‘run’
bec-Latn <g> gɔlʉ ‘agree’, ɛgalɛ ‘fence’
de-Latn <gg> Bagger ‘excavator’
de-Latn <g> Garten ‘garden’, Tag ‘day’ Pronounced [k] when syllable final
dv-Thaa <އ◌ް> ލެއްގުން Occurs before ‹ގ› to indicate a geminate.
dv-Thaa <ގ> ގަދަ
en-Latn <gh> ghost
en-Latn <gu> vague, guess
en-Latn <g> girl Almost always before a, o and u; occasionally before e and i
es-Latn <gu> guerra ‘war’ ‹gu› is used for /g/ before e and i; elsewhere it is /gw/
es-Latn <g> gato ‘cat’ Sound is often close to [ɣ]
fub-Arab <غ> غٛوتٜلْ ‘one’, سِغَاغٛ ‘to keep or store’, عٛسٛغِ ‘ He drove (animals)’, غٛ ‘one, or that before’
fub-Latn <g> gootel ‘one’, sigaago ‘to keep or store’, o soggi ‘ He drove (animals)’, go ‘one, or that before’
ha-Latn <g> gona ‘field’
id-Latn <g> gugup ‘nervous’, nganggur ‘unemployed’
ii-Latn <gg> ggu ‘nine’
lbw-Latn <g> gola ‘sugar’, bage ‘way of doing s.t.’
nat-Latn <g> gaba ‘dig’, a̱gungu ‘stick’
ne-Deva <ग> गरम ‘warm’
png-Latn <g> ga̱bi, gunii
ru-Cyrl <г> год ‘year’ Preceding either ‹а, о, э, у› or a voiced consonant
ru-Cyrl <к> анекдо́т ‘joke’ Preceding a voiced consonant (except for ‹л, м, н, р, в›)
srr-Arab <گ> گُتْ ‘pipe’
srr-Latn <g> gut ‘pipe’
wo-Arab <گ> گَرَبْ ‘medicine’
wo-Latn <g> garab ‘medicine’
xnz-Copt <ⲅ>
xnz-Latn <g>
yba-Latn <g> oge

/gʰ/ - aspirated voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ne-Deva <घ> घाट ‘riverbank’

/gʷ/ - labialized voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
bec-Latn <gw> ɛgwa ‘uncle’
ha-Latn <gw> gwadawa ‘to show’
nat-Latn <gw> bigwaba ‘bamboo’, ugwagwa ‘duck’
png-Latn <gw> gwatana, gwashe̱

/gʲ/ - palatalized voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
bcy-Latn <gy> gyeltə ‘finger’
ha-Latn <gy> gyaɗa ‘groundnut’
nat-Latn <gy> bugyama ‘servant’, cigya̱ ‘wedding’
png-Latn <gy> gyama, gyaaru
ru-Cyrl <г> геро́й ‘hero’ Preceding ‹ё, е, и›

/ᵑg/ - prenasalized voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
bcy-Latn <ng> ngala ‘pull’
bec-Latn <ŋg> ŋgoolu ‘scrape’, ɛyʉŋgʉ ‘honey’, akaŋg ‘head-scarf’
dv-Thaa <ނގ> ރަނގަޅު In older orthographies, not distinguished from a voiced velar stop, and thus written ‹ގ›.
fub-Arab <نغ> نغَيْنَاکَ ‘pasture’, يَيْنَنغٛ ‘to shine to’
fub-Latn <ng> ngaynaaka ‘pasture’, yaynango ‘to shine to’
ii-Latn <mg> mge ‘buckwheat’
lbw-Latn <ngg> nggiro'o ‘that’, bunggu ‘back, rear’
png-Latn <ng> nge̱nshe̱nshe̱n, runge̱
srr-Arab <نگ> نگِمْ ‘faith’, فَنگࣷولْ ‘snake’, رࣹنگّ ‘to nail’ when word final it uses a shadda
srr-Latn <ng> ngim ‘faith’, fangool ‘snake’, reng ‘to nail’
wo-Arab <نگ> نگَتࣷ ‘peanut cake’
wo-Latn <ng> ngato ‘peanut cake’

/ᵑg/ - prenasalized labialized voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
bec-Latn <ŋgw> ŋgwa ‘hear’, ɛŋgwan ‘mother’

/gː/ - geminate voiced velar plosive

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
fub-Arab <غ◌ّ> عٛسٛغِ ‘ He drove (animals)’
wo-Arab <گ◌ّ> بُگَّ ‘to want’
wo-Latn <gg> bugga ‘to want’

Double articulations involving /g/ - voiced velar plosive

Writing System Phoneme Grapheme Example Notes
bcy-Latn /g͡b/ <gb> gbel ‘near’
bec-Latn /g͡b/ <gb> gbeli ‘clear’, ogbologbo ‘dragonfly’
bec-Latn /ᵑg͡b/ <mgb> mgbʉwa ‘crash’, kpʉmgbɛlɛ ‘approach’
png-Latn /g͡b/ <gb> gbangara, gbu

Sequences including /g/ - voiced velar plosive

Writing System Phoneme Sequence Grapheme Example Notes
ast-Latn /gw/ <gü> güe ‘ox’
ii-Yiii /ge/ <ꈔ> ꈔꋏ ‘wipe out’
ii-Yiii /ge/ <ꈕ>
ii-Yiii /ge/ <ꈖ>
ii-Yiii /ge̙/ <ꈗ>
ii-Yiii /ge̙/ <ꈘ> ꈘ ‘break’
ii-Yiii /ge̙/ <ꈙ> ꌗꈙ ‘die’
ii-Yiii /gä̙/ <ꈚ> ꌣꈚ ‘wealthy’
ii-Yiii /gä̙/ <ꈛ> ꈛꄵ ‘ambush’
ii-Yiii /gä̙/ <ꈜ> ꀣꈜ ‘crevice’
ii-Yiii /gä̙/ <ꈝ> ꈝꃀ ‘road’
ii-Yiii /go̙/ <ꈞ>
ii-Yiii /go̙/ <ꈟ>
ii-Yiii /go̙/ <ꈠ> ꈠ ‘harrow’
ii-Yiii /go̙/ <ꈡ> ꇃꈡ ‘spade-hoe’
ii-Yiii /go/ <ꈢ> ꇴꈢꆹꈢ ‘have neck pain’
ii-Yiii /go/ <ꈣ> ꎝꈣ ‘debt’
ii-Yiii /go/ <ꈤ> ꀒꈤ ‘skull’
ii-Yiii /go/ <ꈥ> ꀀꈥ ‘water’
ii-Yiii /gɤ/ <ꈦ> ꈦꇗ ‘nook’
ii-Yiii /gɤ/ <ꈧ> ꒀꈧ ‘slosh about’
ii-Yiii /gɤ/ <ꈨ> ꀊꋨꈨ ‘those’
ii-Yiii /gɤ/ <ꈩ> ꈩ ‘play’
ii-Yiii /gʉ̙/ <ꈪ> ꇂꈪ ‘bent’
ii-Yiii /gʉ/ <ꈫ> ꉻꈫ ‘fenced off vegetable garden’
ii-Yiii /gʉ/ <ꈬ> ꇈꈬ ‘wild area’
ii-Yiii /gʉ/ <ꈭ> ꅡꈭ ‘mediator’
ii-Yiii /gʉ̙/ <ꈮ> ꈮꈜ ‘welcoming’
ii-Yiii /gʉ̙/ <ꈯ> ꇇꈯ ‘bracelet’
ii-Yiii /ᵑge̙/ <ꈰ> ꈰꏅ ‘start a rumor’
ii-Yiii /ᵑge̙/ <ꈱ> ꈱꀖ ‘expose a lie’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgä̙/ <ꈲ> ꈲ ‘beneficial’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgä̙/ <ꈳ> ꈳꅐ ‘pass through’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgä̙/ <ꈴ> ꈴꃪ ‘buckwheat cake’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgä̙/ <ꈵ> ꈵꃴ ‘under the eaves’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo̙/ <ꈶ>
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo̙/ <ꈷ> ꅱꈷꅲꊨ ‘inquisitive’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo̙/ <ꈸ>
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo/ <ꈹ> ꈹꍅ ‘mottled’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo/ <ꈺ> ꂥꈺ ‘dust’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo/ <ꈻ> ꈻ ‘pull’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgo/ <ꈼ> ꈜꈼ ‘cold’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgɤ/ <ꈽ> ꋩꈽ ‘mourn’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgɤ/ <ꈾ> ꄸꈾ ‘feel nauseous’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgɤ/ <ꈿ> ꃬꈿ ‘measles’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgʉ̙/ <ꉀ> ꀍꉀ ‘upward’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgʉ/ <ꉁ> ꉁꈾ ‘household items’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgʉ/ <ꉂ> ꑓꉂ ‘bleary eyed’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgʉ/ <ꉃ> ꃣꈌꉃ ‘resolve a disagreement’
ii-Yiii /ᵑgʉ̙/ <ꉄ>
ii-Yiii /ᵑgʉ̙/ <ꉅ> ꉅ ‘pick up’