Doulos SIL glyphs for Majuscule and minuscule g̃.
G̃ / g̃ is a letter which combines the common letter G with a tilde.
The letter does not exist in many alphabets. Examples of alphabets with this letter are:
- Guarani alphabet – where the tilde marks nasalization of /g/, representing the sound /ŋ/
- Filipino alphabet – during the Spanish colonial period and up to the mid-20th century, adopting Spanish orthography for the Tagalog language
- Sumerian language – an extinct language, where it is used to transcribe the cuneiform script.
- Northern Sámi orthography – g̃ appears in the Sámi alphabet used by Rask in Ræsonneret lappisk sproglære in 1832
The letter is also occasionally used as a (stylistic) substitute for Ğ in languages such as Turkish.
Computer encoding
Unicode encodes g with tilde with a combining diacritical mark (U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE), rather than a precomposed character. As such, the tilde may not align properly with some typefaces and systems. Additionally, owing to the difficulties in inputting this character, Guarani speakers often replace it with g with circumflex (ĝ) or omit the diacritic altogether.[1]
| Letter | Unicode sequence | HTML |
|---|---|---|
| G̃ | U+0047 U+0303 | G ̃ |
| g̃ | U+0067 U+0303 | g ̃ |
References
- ↑ Redish, Laura; Lewis, Orrin. "Guarani Pronunciation and Spelling Guide". Native Languages of the Americas. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
Most Guarani speakers don't use this character, instead spelling this sound the same as a plain g.
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