Reversed ge

Reversed ge (Ꞁ, ⁊) 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 Shidinn language and in the Udi language.

Reversed ge
Ꞁ ⁊
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Abkhaz, Abaza, Kabardian, Udi
Sound values	[ʒ], [ʑ], [t͡sʼ]
History
Development	Ꞁ ⁊
Time period	1920s to 1930s
Other
Writing direction	left-to-right
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.

Use

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

• 
  Abkhaz Latin alphabet of 1930.
• 
  Abaza Latin alphabet of 1932.
• 
  Udi Latin alphabet of 1934.

Computing codes

Although this letter has not yet been encoded in Unicode, Ꞁ can be used respectively for the capital form, while ⁊ as is proposed in the Unicode encoding proposal:

Character information

Preview	Ꞁ		⁊
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED GE		LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED GE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	42880	U+A780	8266	U+204A
UTF-8	234 158 128	EA 9E 80	226 129 138	E2 81 8A
Numeric character reference	Ꞁ	Ꞁ	⁊	⁊

See also

• Ğ (G with breve)
• Abkhaz language
• Latin script

Bibliography

• Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (18 October 2011). Proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).
• Joomagueldinov, Nurlan; Pentzlin, Karl; Yevlampiev, Ilya (29 January 2012). Revised proposal to encode Latin letters used in the Former Soviet Union (PDF).