Latin gamma

For the Greek letter, see Gamma. For the sound in IPA represented with this letter, see Voiced velar fricative.

Gamma
Ɣ ɣ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Sound values	[ɣ]
In Unicode	U+0194, U+0263
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right

Ɣ (minuscule: ɣ), known as Latin gamma, is a Latin-script letter. Its shape, in uppercase and lowercase, is based on the lowercase shape of the Greek letter gamma (γ). Unlike the Greek gamma, the Latin gamma may have serifs.

Latin gamma is used to represent a voiced velar fricative in the alphabets of several African languages such as Yom, Dagbani, Dinka, Kabiyé, and Ewe, some Berber languages using the Berber Latin alphabet, and sometimes in the romanization of Pashto. It is also used in the Wakhi language's Latin alphabet.

Lowercase Latin gamma is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the voiced velar fricative. A lowercase Latin gamma that lies above the baseline rather than crossing it (ɤ; called "ram's horns") represents the close-mid back unrounded vowel. In certain nonstandard variations of the IPA the uppercase form is used. The lowercase Latin gamma can also be used in contexts (such as chemical or molecule nomenclature) where gamma must not be confused with the letter y, which can occur in some computer typefaces.

Use on computers

Character information

Preview	Ɣ		ɣ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA		LATIN SMALL LETTER GAMMA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	404	U+0194	611	U+0263
UTF-8	198 148	C6 94	201 163	C9 A3
Numeric character reference	Ɣ	Ɣ	ɣ	ɣ

External links

• Practical Orthography of African Languages