Ge with middle hook (Ҕ ҕ; italics: ''Ҕ ҕ'') is a letter of the

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used in the Abkhaz and Yakut languages to represent the

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. In

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, this letter is called "Ghe with middle hook". The letter was invented in 1844 by

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for the

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from the contraction of Cyrillic Г and

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. ''Шёгрен А. М.'
Осетинская грамматика с кратким словарем осетинско-российским и российско-осетинским.
— СПб., 1844. — С. 9.

Usage

is the fifth letter of the Yakut alphabet, placed between and . It was formerly also the seventh letter of the

Abkhaz alphabet Abkhaz and Abkhazian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Abkhazia, a de facto independent region with partial recognition as a sovereign state, otherwise recognized as part of Georgia * Abkhaz people or Abkhazians, persons from Abkha ...

, placed between the digraphs and ; it was replaced by the letter .

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{{Cyrillic-alphabet-stub Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with hook

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