Ǩ

K with caron in Doulos SIL

Ǩ (K with a caron) is a letter used in the Laz language^[1] and in the Skolt Saami language,^[2] where it represents [kʼ] and [c͡ç] respectively. The Unicode codepoints for this letter are U+01E8 ("Ǩ") for the capital letter, and U+01E9 ("ǩ") for the lowercase letter.

References

1. Kutscher, Silvia (2008). "The language of the Laz in Turkey: Contact-induced change or gradual language loss?" (PDF). Turkic Languages. 12: 83. Retrieved August 10, 2020. Laz data are written in the Lazoglu & Feurstein-alphabet introduced to the Laz community in Turkey in 1984. It deviates from the Caucasianists' transcription in the following graphemes (<Laz = Caucasianist>): <ç = č>, <c = j [j breve]>, <ǩ = kʼ>, <p̌ = p'>, <ş = š>, <t̆ = t'>, <ʒ = c>, <ǯ =c'>.
2. Moshnikoff, Satu; Moshnikoff, Jouni; Koponen, Eino (2009). Koltansaamen koulukielioppi - Sääʹmǩiõl ǩiõllvuäʹppes škoouʹli vääras [A Skolt Saami Grammar for Schools] (in Finnish and Skolt Sami). Inari: Sääʹmteʹǧǧ. p. 9. ISBN 978-952-441-181-3.

See also

• Caron