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A small capital G, for a voiced uvular stop.
Also known as: ɢ, Small capital G, Voiced uvular stop
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a small capital G denotes a voiced uvular plosive: the uvular closure of q released with the vocal folds vibrating. It is a rare sound across the world's languages.
Denotes a voiced uvular plosive, the voiced counterpart of the voiceless uvular plosive.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Is uncommon in the world's languages and is frequently realised as a fricative or approximant rather than a full closure.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A capital letter G reduced to the height of a lower-case letter, a curve almost closing into a circle with a short inward bar.