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Ge with middle hook
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<p>Ge with middle hook (Ҕ ҕ; italics: <i>Ҕ ҕ</i>) is a letter of the <a href="/facts/Cyrillic_script/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic script</a> used in the <a href="/facts/Yukaghir_languages/Q84wIs8K">Yukaghir</a> and <a href="/facts/Yakut_language/eF8fPHyI">Yakut</a> languages to represent the <a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_fricative/ESy9fy1G">voiced velar fricative</a> /ɣ/. In <a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a>, this letter is called "Ghe with middle hook". The letter was invented in 1844 by <a href="/facts/Andreas_Johan_Sj%25C3%25B6gren/TUINv0LE">Andreas Johan Sjögren</a> for the <a href="/facts/Ossetian_language/a4MHjCtL">Ossetian language</a> from the contraction of Cyrillic <a href="/facts/%25D0%2593/abFeBFvh">Г</a> and <a href="/facts/Gothic_alphabet/bJ1YFAcn">Gothic</a> 𐌷 (hagl). </p>