Ǩ

{{short description|Latin letter K with caron}}

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Ǩ (K with a caron) is a letter used in the Laz language{{cite journal |last=Kutscher |first= Silvia |date= 2008|title= The language of the Laz in Turkey: Contact-induced change or gradual language loss? |url= https://ids-pub.bsz-bw.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/3413/file/Kutscher_Language_of_Laz_in_Turkey_2008.pdf|journal= Turkic Languages |volume= 12|pages= 83 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |quote=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 (): <ç = č>, , <ǩ = kʼ>, , <ş = š>, , <ʒ = c>, <ǯ =c’>.}} and in the Skolt Saami language,{{cite book |last1= Moshnikoff |first1= Satu |last2= Moshnikoff |first2= Jouni |last3= Koponen |first3= Eino |date= 2009 |title= Koltansaamen koulukielioppi - Sääʹmǩiõl ǩiõllvuäʹppes škoouʹli vääras |trans-title= A Skolt Saami Grammar for Schools |language= fi, sms |location= Inari |publisher= Sääʹmteʹǧǧ |isbn= 978-952-441-181-3 |page=9}} where it represents {{IPA|[kʼ]}} and {{IPA|[c͡ç]}} respectively. The Unicode codepoints for this letter are U+01E8 ("Ǩ") for the capital letter, and U+01E9 ("ǩ") for the lowercase letter.

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See also

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K-caron

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