Ge with stroke (Ғ ғ, italics: Ғ ғ) is a Cyrillic letter which represents the letter Г with a horizontal stroke. It is used in the Bashkir, Kazakh Cyrillic and Uzbek Cyrillic alphabets where it represents a voiced uvular fricative pronounced as //ʁ//. Despite having a similar shape, it is not related to the F of the Latin alphabet. In Kazakh, this letter may also represent the voiced velar fricative pronounced as //ɣ//. In the Uzbek Latin alphabet, this letter corresponds to Gʻ.
The letter is also used in Bashkir,[1] Tajik, Karakalpak, Shor, Siberian Tatar and Nivkh languages, and formerly in Azerbaijani. It is similar to the letter Ğ found in Turkish and Latin Azerbaijani alphabets.
Unicode renders this letter as "ghe with stroke". It is possible that this may have been inspired by the Greek digamma.
| Language | Letter order | IPA | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alyutor | 7 | ɣ | ||
| 5 | ɣ~ʁ | Replaced by Latin Ğ in Azerbaijan, still used in Dagestan | ||
| 5 | ɣ~ʁ | |||
| Karakalpak | 6 | ɣ | Replaced by Ǵ in the Latin alphabet for Karakalpak. | |
| 6 | ɣ~ʁ | Replaced by Ğ in the Roman-based script | ||
| Khakas | 5 | ɣ | ||
| Nivkh | 6 | ɣ | ||
| 6 | ɣ~ʁ | |||
| Shor | 5 | ɣ | ||
| Shughni | 7 | ʁ | Represented as Jh in the corresponding Latin alphabet | |
| 5 | ɣ~ʁ | Represented as Ƣ | ||
| Uyghur | 6 | ɣ~ʁ | Equivalent to غ in the UEY, Gh in the ULY, and Ƣ in the UYY. | |
| 34 | ɣ~ʁ | Equivalent to Gʻ in the Uzbek Latin alphabet | ||
| Yukaghir | 6 | ʁ |