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êž (lowercase êž¡) is a letter derived from the
êž (lowercase êž¡) is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the Ancient Rome, ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered except several letters splitting—i.e. from , and from � ...
letter G, combined with an oblique bar diacritic
A bar or stroke is a modification consisting of a line drawn through a grapheme. It may be used as a diacritic to derive new letters from old ones, or simply as an addition to make a grapheme more distinct from others. It can take the form of a v ...
. It was used in Latvian orthography
The modern Latvian language, Latvian orthography is based on Latin script adapted to phonetic principles, following the Latvian phonology, pronunciation of the language. The standard alphabet consists of 33 letters – 22 unmodified Latin letters ...
before 1921. Karl Faulmann reported in 1880 that the character was used to indicate a (i.e., a soft g, the voiced post-alveolar affricate ), as opposed to the "hard g" that was denoted by a regular ''g'' character.
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