Hard and soft G
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hard-and-soft-g-186-11976315
title:
Hard and soft G
text:
In the Latin-based orthographies of many European languages, the letter ⟨g⟩ is used in different contexts to represent two distinct phonemes that in English are called hard and soft ⟨g⟩. The sound of a hard ⟨g⟩ is usually the voiced velar plosive while the sound of a soft ⟨g⟩ may be a fricative or affricate, depending on the language. In English, the sound of soft ⟨g⟩ is the affricate, as in general, giant, and gym. A ⟨g⟩ at the end of a word usually renders a hard ⟨g⟩, while if a soft rendition
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Pronunciation of "G" in Latin-based orthographies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_G
date created:
2006-06-15T02:32:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T15:57:49Z
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