Reversed ge

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Reversed ge
Latin capital letter reversed Ghe.svg Latin small letter reversed Ghe with long leg.svg
Latin letter reversed Ghe.svg
Usage
Writing system Latin script
Type Alphabetic
Language of origin Abkhaz, Abaza, Kabardian, Udi
Phonetic usage/ʒ/
History
Development
  • Latin capital letter reversed Ghe.svg Latin small letter reversed Ghe with long leg.svg
Time period1920s to 1930s
Other
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.For the distinction between [ ], / / and  , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Reversed ge ( Latin capital letter reversed Ghe.svg , Latin small letter reversed Ghe with long leg.svg ) is an additional letter of the Latin script which was used in the writing of the Abkhaz language from 1928 to 1938, in the Abaza language, in the Kabardian language, in the Shiddin language and in the Udi language.

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Use

Reversed ge was used in the Abkhaz Latin alphabet of Yakovlev in 1930.

Computing codes

Although this letter has not yet been encoded in Unicode, or can be used respectively for the capital form:

Character information
Preview
Unicode nameLATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED LTURNED SANS-SERIF CAPITAL L
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode 42880U+A7808514U+2142
UTF-8 234 158 128EA 9E 80226 133 130E2 85 82
Numeric character reference ꞀꞀ⅂⅂

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