Ga is the third consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, ga is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter ga, which is probably derived from the Aramaic letter (gimel, /g/) after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ga
Ga
Example glyphs
Bengali–AssameseGa
TibetanGa
Thai
Malayalam
Sinhala
Ashoka BrahmiGa
DevanagariGa
Cognates
Hebrewג
GreekΓ
LatinC, G, Ɣ
CyrillicГ, Ґ
Properties
Phonemic representation/g/ /k/B /kʰ/C
IAST transliterationga Ga
ISCII code pointB5 (181)

^B In Khmer, Tai Viet, Tai Lü, Northern Thai and Tai Khün
^C In Thai and Lao

Āryabhaṭa numeration edit

Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of ग are:[1]

  • [gə] = 3 (३)
  • [gɪ] = 300 (३००)
  • गु [gʊ] = 30,000 (३० ०००)
  • गृ [gri] = 3,000,000 (३० ०० ०००)
  • गॣ [glə] = 3×108 (३ × १०)
  • गे [ge] = 3×1010 (३ × १०१०)
  • गै [gɛː] = 3×1012 (३ × १०१२)
  • गो [goː] = 3×1014 (३ × १०१४)
  • गौ [gɔː] = 3×1016 (३ × १०१६)

Historic Ga edit

There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoshthi, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Ga as found in standard Brahmi,   was a simple geometric shape, with slight variations toward the Gupta  . The Tocharian Ga   did not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form. The third form of ga, in Kharoshthi ( ) was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.

Brahmi Ga edit

The Brahmi letter  , Ga, is probably derived from the Aramaic Gimel  , and is thus related to the modern Latin G and C, and the Greek Gamma. Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Ga can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.[2] As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.

Brahmi Ga historic forms
Ashoka
(3rd-1st c. BCE)
Girnar
(~150 BCE)
Kushana
(~150-250 CE)
Gujarat
(~250 CE)
Gupta
(~350 CE)
         

Tocharian Ga edit

The Tocharian letter   is derived from the Brahmi  , but does not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form.

Tocharian Ga with vowel marks
Ga Gi Gu Gr Gr̄ Ge Gai Go Gau
                       

Kharoshthi Ga edit

The Kharoshthi letter   is generally accepted as being derived from the Aramaic Gimel  , and is thus related to G and C, and Gamma, in addition to the Brahmi Ga.

Devanagari script edit

Ga () is the third consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  , after having gone through the Gupta letter  . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ગ and the Modi letter 𑘐.

Devanagari Gga edit

Gga () is the character ग with an underbar to represent the voiced velar implosive [ɠ] that occurs in Sindhi. This underbar is distinct from the Devanagari stress sign anudātta. The underbar is fused to the stem of the letter while the anudātta is a stress accent applied to the entire syllable. This underbar used for Sindhi implosives does not exist as a separate character in Unicode. When the ु or ू vowel sign is applied to jja (ॻ), the ु and ू vowel signs are drawn beneath jja. When the उ ( ु) vowel sign or ऊ ( ू) vowel sign is applied to ja with an anudātta (ग॒), the उ ( ु) vowel sign or ऊ ( ू) vowel sign is first placed under ja (ग) and then the anudātta is placed underneath the उ ( ु) vowel sign or ऊ ( ू) vowel sign.[3]

Character Name उ ( ु) vowel sign ऊ ( ू) vowel sign
ॻ (Implosive ga) ॻु ॻू
ग॒ (Ga with anudātta) ग॒ु ग॒ू

An example of a Sindhi word that uses gga (ॻ) is ॻुड़ु (ڳُڙُ), which is of the masculine grammatical gender and means jaggery.[4]

Devanagari Ġa edit

Ġa (ग़) is the character ग with a single dot underneath, corresponding with the Urdu (غ). It is used in Hindi words of Persian and Arabic origin to denote the voiced velar fricative [ɣ].[5][6]

Devanagari-using Languages edit

In all languages, ग is pronounced as [gə] or [g] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Devanagari ग with vowel marks
Ga Gi Gu Gr Gr̄ Gl Gl̄ Ge Gai Go Gau G
गा गि गी गु गू गृ गॄ गॢ गॣ गे गै गो गौ ग्

Conjuncts with ग edit

 
Half form of Ga.

Devanagari exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts. In modern Devanagari texts, most conjuncts are formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". Some conjunct clusters are always represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters. Vertically stacked conjuncts are ubiquitous in older texts, while only a few are still used routinely in modern Devanagari texts. The use of ligatures and vertical conjuncts may vary across languages using the Devanagari script, with Marathi in particular preferring the use of half forms where texts in other languages would show ligatures and vertical stacks.[7]

Ligature conjuncts of ग edit

True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Devanagari are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra. Nepali and Marathi texts use the "eyelash" Ra half form   for an initial "R" instead of repha.

  • Repha र্ (r) + ग (ga) gives the ligature rga: note

 

  • Eyelash र্ (r) + ग (ga) gives the ligature rga:

 

  • ग্ (g) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature gra:

 

  • ग্ (g) + र্ (r) + य (ya) gives the ligature grya:

 

  • ग্ (g) + न (na) gives the ligature gna:

 

  • ग্ (g) + न্ (n) + य (ya) gives the ligature gnya:

 

  • द্ (d) + ग (ga) gives the ligature dga:

 

  • द্ (d) + ग্ (g) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature dgra:

 

Stacked conjuncts of ग edit

Vertically stacked ligatures are the most common conjunct forms found in Devanagari text. Although the constituent characters may need to be stretched and moved slightly in order to stack neatly, stacked conjuncts can be broken down into recognizable base letters, or a letter and an otherwise standard ligature.

  • ब্ (b) + ग (ga) gives the ligature bga:

 

  • छ্ (cʰ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature cʰga:

 

  • ड্ (ḍ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature ḍga:

 

  • ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature ḍʱga:

 

  • ग্ (g) + ज (ja) gives the ligature gja:

 

  • ग্ (g) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature gjña:

 

  • ग্ (g) + ल (la) gives the ligature gla:

 

  • ङ্ (ŋ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature ŋga:

 

  • Repha र্ (r) + ङ্ (ŋ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature rŋga:

 

  • ट্ (ṭ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature ṭga:

 

  • ठ্ (ṭʰ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature ṭʰga:

 

  • व্ (v) + ग (ga) gives the ligature vga:

 

Bengali script edit

The Bengali script গ is derived from Siddhaṃ  , and is marked by the lack of horizontal head line, and less geometric shape than its Devanagari counterpart, ग. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter গ will sometimes be transliterated as "go" instead of "ga". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, gives a reading of /go/. Like all Indic consonants, গ can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".

Bengali গ with vowel marks
ga gi gu gr gr̄ ge gai go gau g
গা গি গী গু গূ গৃ গৄ গে গৈ গো গৌ গ্

গ in Bengali-using languages edit

গ is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.

Conjuncts with গ edit

Bengali গ exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with a tendency towards stacked ligatures.[8]

  • দ্ (d) + গ (ga) gives the ligature dga:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ধ (dʱa) gives the ligature gdʱa:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ধ্ (dʱ) + র (ra) gives the ligature gdʱra, with the ra phala suffix:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ধ্ (dʱ) + য (ya) gives the ligature gdʱya, with the ya phala suffix:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ল (la) gives the ligature gla:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ম (ma) gives the ligature gma:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ন (na) gives the ligature gna:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ণ (ṇa) gives the ligature gṇa:

 

  • গ্ (g) + ন্ (n) + য (ya) gives the ligature gnya, with the ya phala suffix:

 

  • গ্ (g) + র (ra) gives the ligature gra, with the ra phala suffix:

 

  • গ্ (g) + র্ (r) + য (ya) gives the ligature grya, with the ra phala and ya phala suffixes

 

  • গ্ (g) + ব (va) gives the ligature gva, with the va phala suffix:

 

  • গ্ (g) + য (ya) gives the ligature gya, with the ya phala suffix:

 

  • ল্ (l) + গ (ga) gives the ligature lga:

 

  • ঙ্ (ŋ) + গ (ga) gives the ligature ŋga:

 

  • ঙ্ (ŋ) + গ্ (g) + য (ya) gives the ligature ŋgya, with the ya phala suffix:

 

  • র্ (r) + গ (ga) gives the ligature rga, with the repha prefix:

 

  • র্ (r) + গ্ (g) + য (ya) gives the ligature rgya, with repha and ya phala affixes:

 

Gurmukhi script edit

Gagaa [gəgːɑ] () is the eighth letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet. Its name is [gəgːɑ] and is pronounced as /g/ when used in words. It is derived from the Laṇḍā letter ga, and ultimately from Brahmi ga. Gurmukhi gagaa does not have a special pairin or addha (reduced) form for making conjuncts, and in modern Punjabi texts do not take a half form or halant to indicate the bare consonant /g/, although Gurmukhi Sanskrit texts may use an explicit halant.

Gujarati Ga edit

 
Gujarati Ga.

Ga () is the third consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from Devanagari Ga  , and ultimately the Brahmi letter  .

Gujarati-using Languages edit

The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ગ is pronounced as [gə] or [g] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Ga Gi Gu Gr Gl Gr̄ Gl̄ Ge Gai Go Gau G
 
Gujarati Ga syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Conjuncts with ગ edit

 
Half form of Ga.

Gujarati ગ exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. Most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". A few conjunct clusters can be represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters, and vertically stacked conjuncts can also be found in Gujarati, although much less commonly than in Devanagari. True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Gujarati are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra.

  • ર્ (r) + ગ (ga) gives the ligature RGa:

 

  • ગ્ (g) + ર (ra) gives the ligature GRa:

 

  • ગ્ (g) + ન (na) gives the ligature GNa:

 

  • દ્ (d) + ગ (ga) gives the ligature DGa:

 

Telugu Ga edit

Telugu independent and subjoined Ga.

Ga () is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  . It is closely related to the Kannada letter . Most Telugu consonants contain a v-shaped headstroke that is related to the horizontal headline found in other Indic scripts, although headstrokes do not connect adjacent letters in Telugu. The headstroke is normally lost when adding vowel matras. Telugu conjuncts are created by reducing trailing letters to a subjoined form that appears below the initial consonant of the conjunct. Many subjoined forms are created by dropping their headline, with many extending the end of the stroke of the main letter body to form an extended tail reaching up to the right of the preceding consonant. This subjoining of trailing letters to create conjuncts is in contrast to the leading half forms of Devanagari and Bengali letters. Ligature conjuncts are not a feature in Telugu, with the only non-standard construction being an alternate subjoined form of Ṣa (borrowed from Kannada) in the KṢa conjunct.

Malayalam Ga edit

 
Malayalam letter Ga

Ga () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  , via the Grantha letter   Ga. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

 
Malayalam Ga matras: Ga, Gā, Gi, Gī, Gu, Gū, Gr̥, Gr̥̄, Gl̥, Gl̥̄, Ge, Gē, Gai, Go, Gō, Gau, and G.

Conjuncts of ഗ edit

As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

  • ഗ് (g) + ഗ (ga) gives the ligature gga:

 

  • ഗ് (g) + ഘ (ɡʱa) gives the ligature gɡʱa:

 

  • ഗ് (g) + ദ (da) gives the ligature gda:

 

  • ഗ് (g) + ന (na) gives the ligature gna:

 

  • ഗ് (g) + മ (ma) gives the ligature gma:

 

  • ഗ് (g) + ര (ra) gives the ligature gra:

 

Thai script edit

Kho khwai () and kho khon () are the fourth and fifth letters of the Thai script. They fall under the low class of Thai consonants. In IPA, kho khwai and kho khon are pronounced as [kʰ] at the beginning of a syllable and are pronounced as [k̚] at the end of a syllable. The previous two letters of the alphabet, kho khai (ข) and kho khuat (ฃ), are also named kho, however, they all fall under the high class of Thai consonants. The next letter of the alphabet, kho ra-khang (ฆ), correspond to the Sanskrit letter ‘घ’. Unlike many Indic scripts, Thai consonants do not form conjunct ligatures, and use the pinthuan explicit virama with a dot shape—to indicate bare consonants.

Kho Khwai edit

In the acrophony of the Thai script, khwai (ควาย) means ‘water buffalo’. Kho khwai corresponds to the Sanskrit character ‘ग’.

Kho Khon edit

In the acrophony of the Thai script, khon (คน) means ‘person’. Kho khon (ฅ) represents the voiced velar fricative sound /ɣ/ that existed in Old Thai at the time the alphabet was created but no longer exists in Modern Thai. When the Thai script was developed, the voiceless velar fricative sound did not have a Sanskrit or Pali counterpart so the character kho khwai was slightly modified to create kho khon. During the Old Thai period, this sounds merged into the stop /ɡ/, and as a result the use of this letters became unstable. Although kho khon is now obsolete, it remains in dictionaries, preserving the traditional count of 44 letters in the Thai alphabet. When the first Thai typewriter was developed by Edwin Hunter McFarland in 1892, there was simply no space for all characters, thus kho khon was one of the two letters left out along with kho khuat.[9] Although kho khon does not appear in modern Thai orthography, some writers and publishers are trying to reintroduce its usage.

Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Ke edit

, , and are the base characters "Ke", "Ki", "Ko" and "Ka" in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics. The bare consonant (K) is a small version of the A-series letter ᑲ, although the Western Cree letter ᐠ, derived from Pitman shorthand was the original bare consonant symbol for K. The character ᑫ is derived from a handwritten form of the Devanagari letter ग, without the headline or vertical stem, and the forms for different vowels are derived by mirroring.[10][11] Unlike most writing systems without legacy computer encodings, complex Canadian syllabic letters are represented in Unicode with pre-composed characters, rather than with base characters and diacritical marks.

Variant E-series I-series O-series A-series Other
K + vowel
Ke Ki Ko Ka Kay
Small -
- Ojibway K Kw K Cree K
K with long vowels -
- Cree Kāi
K+ W- vowels
Kwe Cree Kwe Kwi Cree Kwi Kwo Cree Kwo Kwa Cree Kwa Kway
K+ W- long vowels - -
- Kwī Cree Kwī Kwō Cree Kwō Kwā Naskapi Kwā Cree Kwā -
Q -
- Qi Qo Qa Q
Q with long vowels -
- Qāi
Slavey K forms -
Ke Ki Ko Ka

Odia Ga edit

Odia independent and subjoined letter Ga.

Ga () is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  , via the Siddhaṃ letter   Ga. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Odia Ga with vowel matras
Ga Gi Gu Gr̥ Gr̥̄ Gl̥ Gl̥̄ Ge Gai Go Gau G
ଗା ଗି ଗୀ ଗୁ ଗୂ ଗୃ ଗୄ ଗୢ ଗୣ ଗେ ଗୈ ଗୋ ଗୌ ଗ୍

Conjuncts of ଗ edit

As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a small subjoined form of trailing consonants. Most consonants' subjoined forms are identical to the full form, just reduced in size, although a few drop the curved headline or have a subjoined form not directly related to the full form of the consonant. The second type of conjunct formation is through pure ligatures, where the constituent consonants are written together in a single graphic form. This ligature may be recognizable as being a combination of two characters or it can have a conjunct ligature unrelated to its constituent characters.

  • ଙ୍ (ŋ) + ଗ (ga) gives the ligature ŋga:

 

  • ର୍ (r) + ଗ (ga) gives the ligature rga:

 

  • ଗ୍ (g) + ର (ra) gives the ligature gra:

 

Kaithi Ga edit

Kaithi consonant and half-form Ga.

Ga (𑂏) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  , via the Siddhaṃ letter   Ga. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Kaithi Ga with vowel matras
Ga Gi Gu Ge Gai Go Gau G
𑂏 𑂏𑂰 𑂏𑂱 𑂏𑂲 𑂏𑂳 𑂏𑂴 𑂏𑂵 𑂏𑂶 𑂏𑂷 𑂏𑂸 𑂏𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂏 edit

As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.

  • 𑂏୍ (g) + 𑂩 (ra) gives the ligature gra:

 

  • 𑂩୍ (r) + 𑂏 (ga) gives the ligature rga:

 

Khmer Ko edit

្គ
Independent Subscript
Khmer independent and subjoined letter Ko.

Ko () is a consonant of the Khmer abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  , via the Pallava letter   Ga. Like in other Indic scripts, Khmer consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel. Actually, the sounds of the vowels are modified by the consonant; see the article on the Khmer writing system for details.

Khmer Ko with vowel matras
Ga Gi Gu Gr̥ Gr̥̄ Gl̥ Gl̥̄ Ge Gai Go Gau Gẏ Gua Goe Gẏa Gia Gae G
គា គិ គី គុ គូ គ្ឫ គ្ឬ គ្ឭ គ្ឮ គេ គៃ គោ គៅ គឹ គឺ គួ គើ គឿ គៀ គែ គៈ គ៑

Note: The vowels (other than vocalic liquids) are shown using the ALA-LC scheme.[12]

Pali and Sanskrit are written as abugidas with the lack of a vowel between consonants notated as consonants indicated by vertically stacking the consonants without their touching. For phonetically final consonants, the lack of a vowel is marked by virama.

The Khmer language works the same, except that a different method is used for the last consonant of a word. The final consonant in a consonant stack is indicated as having no implicit vowel by applying tôndôkhéad to it. By default, a consonant surmounted by robat is silent and lacks an inherent vowel. The yŭkôlpĭntŭ positively indicates the presence of a final implicit vowel, plus its automatic glottal stop. Otherwise, there is no final vowel, unless the word is of Pali or Sanskrit origin, in which case the spelling is ambiguous. Up until the start of the 20th century, the lack of a final vowel could be indicating by subscripting the consonant, as then done in Lao and in other non-Indic languages using the Tai Tham script.


Tai Tham Script edit

Tai Tham independent (ᨣ), subjoined (◌᩠ᨣ) and modified letter Low Ka (ᨤ).

Low Ka () is a consonant of the Tai Tham abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter  , via the Pallava letter   Ga. The Tai Tham script was originally used to write Pali (the name 'Tham' is a local form of dharma), and faced the same limitations in writing Tai languages as Khmer had. The Thai solutions were adopted, with consonants being systematically modified by the addition of a tail to supply new consonants, mostly for fricatives. Low Ka was modified, yielding what for convenience we call Low Khha here. Both consonants are low consonants in the Tai alphabets. The two sounds, /ɡ/ and /ɣ/, subsequently merɡed in Lao as /kʰ/, and Low Khha is absent from the Lao variant of Tai Tham. The other Tai languages keep them separate, as /k/ and /x/.

Low Ka edit

Like in other Indic scripts, Tai Tham consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel.

Tai Tham Low Ka with vowel matras
Syllable type ga gi gư̄ gu
Closed or open ᨣᩤ ᨣᩥ ᨣᩦ ᨣᩧ ᨣᩨ ᨣᩩ ᨣᩪ ᨣᩮ ᨣᩯ ᨣᩮᩤ
gai gaư gau gō̹i
Open ᨣᩱ ᨣᩲ ᨣᩮᩢᩤ ᨣᩮᩫᩢᩤ ᨣᩮᩫᩤ ᨣᩳ ᨣᩭ
go ga gœ̄ gō̹ go̹
Open ᨣᩰᩡ ᨣᩡ ᨣᩰ ᨣᩮᩬᩥ ᨣᩮᩦ ᨣᩬᩴ ᨣᩴ ᨣᩬᩳ ᨣᩳ ᨣᩰᩬᩡ ᨣᩰᩬ
Closed ᨣᩫ ᨣᩢ ᨣᩰᩫ ᨣᩮᩥ ᨣᩮᩦ ᨣᩬ ᨣᩬᩢ
gūa gīa gư̄a
Open ᨣ᩠ᩅᩫ ᨣ᩠ᨿᩮ ᨣᩮᩢ᩠ᨿ ᨣᩮᩬᩥᩋ ᨣᩮᩬᩨᩋ ᨣᩮᩬᩨ
Closed ᨣ᩠ᩅ ᨣ᩠ᨿ ᨣᩮᩬᩥ ᨣᩮᩬᩨ

Notes:

  1. The transliteration scheme is an amalgamation of the ALA-LC schemes of Khmer[12], Pali[13] and Lao[14].
  2. Many of the matras include subscript wa ( ), subscript ya ( ), subscript a ( ) or even the letter a ( ) itself. Anusvara ( ) and visarga ( ) are also used.
  3. In the relevant Tai languages, a short vowel in an open syllable includes an underlyinɡ ɡlottal stop.

Additional short vowels not shown above may be synthesised from the corresponding long vowel by appending visarga for open syllables (as shown for go) or applying mai sat ( ) for closed syllables (as shown for go̹). Unlike the other languages, Lao instead replaces an ī or ư̄ glyph by the corresponding short vowel.

The lack of a vowel between consonants notated as consonants is indicated by vertically stacking the consonants, generally without their touching. The Brahmi style of writing final consonants small and low developed, as vestigially seen in Khmer and Lao, into using subscripting to indicate that a consonant had no vowel of its own. In theory this leaves it ambiguous as to whether a consonant precedes or follows the vowel, but ambiguous cases are rare. Finally, if there is no room for the consonant below, it may be left as an 'independent' consonant or. in some cases, written superscript. Occasionally the visible virama (ra haam) is used, but this may signify that the consonant so marked is silent. The vowel /a/ will be made explicit if the final consonant is notated by a letter and is included in the same stack as the initial consonant or is written in a stack just consisting of that consonant.

Low Ka can serve as the initial consonant of a stack, and several examples can be seen above. It can also occur as the final element of a consonant stack in words of Indic origin, both in the cluster gg of a Pali word ᨾᨣ᩠ᨣ magga 'road' and as the final consonant after apocation of the final vowel, e.g. ᨶᩣ᩠ᨣ nāg 'nāga'.

In writing systems that make use of tall aa, as the initial letter of an akshara the letter is followed by tall aa. as shown in the table of matras above. This is because the sequence of letter and round aa ᨣᩣ could formerly be very similar to the independent letter high ka ( ). This rule is frequently neglected when a mark above would clearly disambiguate the two.

Low Khha edit

Like in other Indic scripts, Tai Tham consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel.

Tai Tham Low Khha with vowel matras
Syllable type G̣a G̣ā G̣i G̣ī G̣ư G̣ư̄ G̣u G̣ū G̣ē G̣ǣ G̣ō
Closed or open ᨤᩣ ᨤᩥ ᨤᩦ ᨤᩧ ᨤᩨ ᨤᩩ ᨤᩪ ᨤᩮ ᨤᩯ ᨤᩮᩣ
G̣ai G̣aư G̣au G̣ō̹i
Open ᨤᩱ ᨤᩲ ᨤᩮᩢᩣ ᨤᩮᩫᩣ ᨤᩳ ᨤᩭ
G̣o G̣a G̣ō G̣œ̄ G̣ō̹ G̣o̹
Open ᨤᩰᩡ ᨤᩡ ᨤᩰ ᨤᩮᩬᩥ ᨤᩬᩴ ᨤᩴ ᨤᩬᩳ ᨤᩳ ᨤᩰᩬᩡ ᨤᩰᩬ
Closed ᨤᩫ ᨤᩢ ᨤᩰᩫ ᨤᩮᩥ ᨤᩬ ᨤᩬᩢ
G̣ūa G̣īa G̣ư̄a
Open ᨤ᩠ᩅᩫ ᨤ᩠ᨿᩮ ᨤᩮᩬᩥᩋ ᨤᩮᩬᩨᩋ ᨤᩮᩬᩨ
Closed ᨤ᩠ᩅ ᨤ᩠ᨿ ᨤᩮᩬᩥ ᨤᩮᩬᩨ

Notes:

  1. The transliteration scheme is an amalgamation of the ALA-LC schemes of Khmer[12], Pali[15] and Lao[16].
  2. Many of the matras include subscript wa ( ), subscript ya ( ), subscript a ( ) or even the letter a ( ) itself. Anusvara ( ) and visarga ( ) are also used.
  3. In the relevant Tai languages, a short vowel in an open syllable includes an underlyinɡ ɡlottal stop.


This form occurs only as the initial consonant of a syllable. This letter combined in aksharas with the dependent vowel Ā uses round aa, as shown in the table of matras above, rather than tall aa.

Comparison of Ga edit

The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including Ga, are related as well.

Comparison of Ga in different scripts
Aramaic
 
Kharoṣṭhī
𐨒
Ashoka Brahmi
 
Kushana Brahmi[a]
 
Tocharian[b]
 
Gupta Brahmi
 
Pallava
 
Kadamba
-
Bhaiksuki
𑰐
Siddhaṃ
 
Grantha
𑌗
Cham
Sinhala
Pyu /
Old Mon[c]
-
Tibetan
 
Newa
𑐐
Ahom
𑜕
Malayalam
Telugu
Burmese
Lepcha
Ranjana
 
Saurashtra
Dives Akuru
𑤎
Kannada
Kayah Li
Limbu
Soyombo[d]
𑩞
Khmer
Tamil
-
Chakma
𑄉
Tai Tham
ᨣ / ᨤ
Meitei Mayek
Gaudi
-
Thai
ค / ฅ
Lao
Tai Le
-
Marchen
𑱴
Tirhuta
𑒑
New Tai Lue
ᦅ / ᦆ
Tai Viet
ꪆ / ꪇ
Aksara Kawi
 
'Phags-pa
Odia
Sharada
𑆓
Rejang
Batak
Buginese
Zanabazar Square
𑨍
Bengali-Assamese
 
Takri
𑚌
Javanese
Balinese
Makasar
𑻡
Hangul[e]
Northern Nagari
-
Dogri
𑠌
Laṇḍā
-
Sundanese
Baybayin
Modi
𑘐
Gujarati
Khojki
𑈊
Khudabadi
𑊼
Mahajani
𑅗
Tagbanwa
Devanagari
 
Nandinagari
𑦰
Kaithi
 
Gurmukhi
Multani
𑊆
Buhid
Canadian Syllabics[f]
Soyombo[g]
𑩞
Sylheti Nagari
Gunjala Gondi
𑵶
Masaram Gondi[h]
𑴎
Hanuno'o
Notes
  1. ^ The middle "Kushana" form of Brahmi is a later style that emerged as Brahmi scripts were beginning to proliferate. Gupta Brahmi was definitely a stylistic descendant from Kushana, but other Brahmi-derived scripts may have descended from earlier forms.
  2. ^ Tocharian is probably derived from the middle period "Kushana" form of Brahmi, although artifacts from that time are not plentiful enough to establish a definite succession.
  3. ^ Pyu and Old Mon are probably the precursors of the Burmese script, and may be derived from either the Pallava or Kadamba script
  4. ^ May also be derived from Devangari (see bottom left of table)
  5. ^ The Origin of Hangul from 'Phags-pa is one of limited influence, inspiring at most a few basic letter shapes. Hangul does not function as an Indic abugida.
  6. ^ Although the basic letter forms of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics were derived from handwritten Devanagari letters, this abugida indicates vowel sounds by rotations of the letter form, rather than the use of vowel diacritics as is standard in Indic abugidas.
  7. ^ May also be derived from Ranjana (see above)
  8. ^ Masaram Gondi acts as an Indic abugida, but its letterforms were not derived from any single precursor script.


Character encodings of Ga edit

Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter Ga in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. Ga from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII.

Character information
Preview    
Unicode name DEVANAGARI LETTER GA BENGALI LETTER GA TELUGU LETTER GA ORIYA LETTER GA KANNADA LETTER GA MALAYALAM LETTER GA GUJARATI LETTER GA GURMUKHI LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 2327 U+0917 2455 U+0997 3095 U+0C17 2839 U+0B17 3223 U+0C97 3351 U+0D17 2711 U+0A97 2583 U+0A17
UTF-8 224 164 151 E0 A4 97 224 166 151 E0 A6 97 224 176 151 E0 B0 97 224 172 151 E0 AC 97 224 178 151 E0 B2 97 224 180 151 E0 B4 97 224 170 151 E0 AA 97 224 168 151 E0 A8 97
Numeric character reference ग ग গ গ గ గ ଗ ଗ ಗ ಗ ഗ ഗ ગ ગ ਗ ਗ
ISCII 181 B5 181 B5 181 B5 181 B5 181 B5 181 B5 181 B5 181 B5


Character information
Preview
Ashoka 
Kushana 
Gupta 
𐨒   𑌗
Unicode name BRAHMI LETTER GA KHAROSHTHI LETTER GA SIDDHAM LETTER GA GRANTHA LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 69653 U+11015 68114 U+10A12 71056 U+11590 70423 U+11317
UTF-8 240 145 128 149 F0 91 80 95 240 144 168 146 F0 90 A8 92 240 145 150 144 F0 91 96 90 240 145 140 151 F0 91 8C 97
UTF-16 55300 56341 D804 DC15 55298 56850 D802 DE12 55301 56720 D805 DD90 55300 57111 D804 DF17
Numeric character reference 𑀕 𑀕 𐨒 𐨒 𑖐 𑖐 𑌗 𑌗


Character information
Preview   𑨍 𑐐 𑰐 𑆓
Unicode name TIBETAN LETTER GA TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER GA PHAGS-PA LETTER GA ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER GA NEWA LETTER GA BHAIKSUKI LETTER GA SHARADA LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 3906 U+0F42 3986 U+0F92 43074 U+A842 72205 U+11A0D 70672 U+11410 72720 U+11C10 70035 U+11193
UTF-8 224 189 130 E0 BD 82 224 190 146 E0 BE 92 234 161 130 EA A1 82 240 145 168 141 F0 91 A8 8D 240 145 144 144 F0 91 90 90 240 145 176 144 F0 91 B0 90 240 145 134 147 F0 91 86 93
UTF-16 3906 0F42 3986 0F92 43074 A842 55302 56845 D806 DE0D 55301 56336 D805 DC10 55303 56336 D807 DC10 55300 56723 D804 DD93
Numeric character reference ག ག ྒ ྒ ꡂ ꡂ 𑨍 𑨍 𑐐 𑐐 𑰐 𑰐 𑆓 𑆓


Character information
Preview
Unicode name MYANMAR LETTER GA TAI THAM LETTER LOW KA TAI THAM LETTER LOW KXA NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW KA NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW XA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 4098 U+1002 6691 U+1A23 6692 U+1A24 6533 U+1985 6534 U+1986
UTF-8 225 128 130 E1 80 82 225 168 163 E1 A8 A3 225 168 164 E1 A8 A4 225 166 133 E1 A6 85 225 166 134 E1 A6 86
Numeric character reference ဂ ဂ ᨣ ᨣ ᨤ ᨤ ᦅ ᦅ ᦆ ᦆ


Character information
Preview
Unicode name KHMER LETTER KO LAO LETTER KHO TAM THAI CHARACTER KHO KHWAI THAI CHARACTER KHO KHON TAI VIET LETTER LOW GO TAI VIET LETTER HIGH GO
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 6018 U+1782 3716 U+0E84 3588 U+0E04 3589 U+0E05 43654 U+AA86 43655 U+AA87
UTF-8 225 158 130 E1 9E 82 224 186 132 E0 BA 84 224 184 132 E0 B8 84 224 184 133 E0 B8 85 234 170 134 EA AA 86 234 170 135 EA AA 87
Numeric character reference គ គ ຄ ຄ ค ค ฅ ฅ ꪆ ꪆ ꪇ ꪇ


Character information
Preview 𑄉 𑜕 𑤎
Unicode name SINHALA LETTER ALPAPRAANA GAYANNA KAYAH LI LETTER GA CHAKMA LETTER GAA AHOM LETTER GA DIVES AKURU LETTER GA SAURASHTRA LETTER GA CHAM LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 3484 U+0D9C 43276 U+A90C 69897 U+11109 71445 U+11715 71950 U+1190E 43156 U+A894 43528 U+AA08
UTF-8 224 182 156 E0 B6 9C 234 164 140 EA A4 8C 240 145 132 137 F0 91 84 89 240 145 156 149 F0 91 9C 95 240 145 164 142 F0 91 A4 8E 234 162 148 EA A2 94 234 168 136 EA A8 88
UTF-16 3484 0D9C 43276 A90C 55300 56585 D804 DD09 55301 57109 D805 DF15 55302 56590 D806 DD0E 43156 A894 43528 AA08
Numeric character reference ග ග ꤌ ꤌ 𑄉 𑄉 𑜕 𑜕 𑤎 𑤎 ꢔ ꢔ ꨈ ꨈ


Character information
Preview 𑘐 𑦰 𑩞 𑵶  
Unicode name MODI LETTER GA NANDINAGARI LETTER GA SOYOMBO LETTER GA SYLOTI NAGRI LETTER GO GUNJALA GONDI LETTER GA KAITHI LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 71184 U+11610 72112 U+119B0 72286 U+11A5E 43017 U+A809 73078 U+11D76 69775 U+1108F
UTF-8 240 145 152 144 F0 91 98 90 240 145 166 176 F0 91 A6 B0 240 145 169 158 F0 91 A9 9E 234 160 137 EA A0 89 240 145 181 182 F0 91 B5 B6 240 145 130 143 F0 91 82 8F
UTF-16 55301 56848 D805 DE10 55302 56752 D806 DDB0 55302 56926 D806 DE5E 43017 A809 55303 56694 D807 DD76 55300 56463 D804 DC8F
Numeric character reference 𑘐 𑘐 𑦰 𑦰 𑩞 𑩞 ꠉ ꠉ 𑵶 𑵶 𑂏 𑂏


Character information
Preview 𑒑 𑱴
Unicode name TIRHUTA LETTER GA LEPCHA LETTER GA LIMBU LETTER GA MEETEI MAYEK LETTER GOK MARCHEN LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 70801 U+11491 7171 U+1C03 6403 U+1903 43986 U+ABD2 72820 U+11C74
UTF-8 240 145 146 145 F0 91 92 91 225 176 131 E1 B0 83 225 164 131 E1 A4 83 234 175 146 EA AF 92 240 145 177 180 F0 91 B1 B4
UTF-16 55301 56465 D805 DC91 7171 1C03 6403 1903 43986 ABD2 55303 56436 D807 DC74
Numeric character reference 𑒑 𑒑 ᰃ ᰃ ᤃ ᤃ ꯒ ꯒ 𑱴 𑱴


Character information
Preview 𑚌 𑠌 𑈊 𑊼 𑅗 𑊆
Unicode name TAKRI LETTER GA DOGRA LETTER GA KHOJKI LETTER GA KHUDAWADI LETTER GA MAHAJANI LETTER GA MULTANI LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 71308 U+1168C 71692 U+1180C 70154 U+1120A 70332 U+112BC 69975 U+11157 70278 U+11286
UTF-8 240 145 154 140 F0 91 9A 8C 240 145 160 140 F0 91 A0 8C 240 145 136 138 F0 91 88 8A 240 145 138 188 F0 91 8A BC 240 145 133 151 F0 91 85 97 240 145 138 134 F0 91 8A 86
UTF-16 55301 56972 D805 DE8C 55302 56332 D806 DC0C 55300 56842 D804 DE0A 55300 57020 D804 DEBC 55300 56663 D804 DD57 55300 56966 D804 DE86
Numeric character reference 𑚌 𑚌 𑠌 𑠌 𑈊 𑈊 𑊼 𑊼 𑅗 𑅗 𑊆 𑊆


Character information
Preview 𑻡
Unicode name BALINESE LETTER GA BATAK LETTER GA BUGINESE LETTER GA JAVANESE LETTER GA MAKASAR LETTER GA REJANG LETTER GA SUNDANESE LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 6933 U+1B15 7118 U+1BCE 6657 U+1A01 43410 U+A992 73441 U+11EE1 43313 U+A931 7052 U+1B8C
UTF-8 225 172 149 E1 AC 95 225 175 142 E1 AF 8E 225 168 129 E1 A8 81 234 166 146 EA A6 92 240 145 187 161 F0 91 BB A1 234 164 177 EA A4 B1 225 174 140 E1 AE 8C
UTF-16 6933 1B15 7118 1BCE 6657 1A01 43410 A992 55303 57057 D807 DEE1 43313 A931 7052 1B8C
Numeric character reference ᬕ ᬕ ᯎ ᯎ ᨁ ᨁ ꦒ ꦒ 𑻡 𑻡 ꤱ ꤱ ᮌ ᮌ


Character information
Preview 𑴎
Unicode name TAGALOG LETTER GA TAGBANWA LETTER GA BUHID LETTER GA HANUNOO LETTER GA MASARAM GONDI LETTER GA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 5892 U+1704 5988 U+1764 5956 U+1744 5924 U+1724 72974 U+11D0E
UTF-8 225 156 132 E1 9C 84 225 157 164 E1 9D A4 225 157 132 E1 9D 84 225 156 164 E1 9C A4 240 145 180 142 F0 91 B4 8E
UTF-16 5892 1704 5988 1764 5956 1744 5924 1724 55303 56590 D807 DD0E
Numeric character reference ᜄ ᜄ ᝤ ᝤ ᝄ ᝄ ᜤ ᜤ 𑴎 𑴎
Character information
Preview
Unicode name CANADIAN SYLLABICS KE CANADIAN SYLLABICS KI CANADIAN SYLLABICS KO CANADIAN SYLLABICS KA CANADIAN SYLLABICS K
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 5227 U+146B 5229 U+146D 5231 U+146F 5234 U+1472 5251 U+1483
UTF-8 225 145 171 E1 91 AB 225 145 173 E1 91 AD 225 145 175 E1 91 AF 225 145 178 E1 91 B2 225 146 131 E1 92 83
Numeric character reference ᑫ ᑫ ᑭ ᑭ ᑯ ᑯ ᑲ ᑲ ᒃ ᒃ
  • The full range of KE Canadian syllabic characters can be found at the codepoint ranges 146B-1488, 166F, 18B8-18B9, & 18D6.


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ifrah, Georges (2000). The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 447–450. ISBN 0-471-39340-1.
  2. ^ Evolutionary chart, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 7, 1838 [1]
  3. ^ Everson, Michael (30 March 2005). "Proposal to add four characters for Sindhi to the BMP of the UCS" (PDF). Unicode.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ^ Lekhwani, Kanhaiyalal. 1987 (1909). An intensive course in Sindhi. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages; [New York]: Hippocrene Books. OCLC 18986594
  5. ^ Shapiro, Michael C. (1989). A Primer of Modern Standard Hindi. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 20. ISBN 978-81-208-0508-8. In addition to the basic consonantal sounds discussed in sections 3.1 and 3.2, many speakers use any or all five additional consonants (क़ , ख़ ḳh,ग़ ġ, ज़ z, फ़ f) in words of foreign origin (primarily from Persian, Arabic, English, and Portuguese). The last two of these, ज़ z and फ़ f, are the initial sounds in English zig and fig respectively. The consonant क़ is a voiceless uvular stop, somewhat like k, but pronounced further back in the mouth. ख़ ḳh is a voiceless fricative similar in pronunciation to the final sound of the German ach. ग़ ġ is generally pronounced as a voiceless uvular fricative, although it is occasionally heard as a stop rather than a fricative. In devanāgari each of these five sounds is represented by the use of a subscript dot under one of the basic consonant signs.
  6. ^ Morelli, Sarah (20 December 2019). A Guru’s Journey: Pandit Chitresh Das and Indian Classical Dance in Diaspora. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-05172-2. Hindi has a nasal sound roughly equivalent to the n in the English sang, transliterated here as or , and has two slightly differing sh sounds, transliterated as ś and . ... A few words contain consonants used in Urdu or in loanwords from Arabic, Persian, Portuguese, and English: क़ (ق) is transliterated as q, ख़ (خ) as kh, ग़ (غ) as g, ज़ (ظ ,ز, or ض) as z, झ़ (ژ) as zh, and फ़ (ف) as f.
  7. ^ Pall, Peeter. "Microsoft Word - kblhi2" (PDF). Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ "The Bengali Alphabet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-28.
  9. ^ "The origins of the Thai typewriter". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  10. ^ Andrew Dalby (2004:139) Dictionary of Languages
  11. ^ Some General Aspects of the Syllabics Orthography, Chris Harvey 2003
  12. ^ a b c ALA-LC Romanization Tables, Khmer, rev. 2012.
  13. ^ Pali (in various scripts) romanization table (ALA-LC)
  14. ^ [https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/lao.pdf Lao romanization table (ALA-LC)
  15. ^ Pali (in various scripts) romanization table (ALA-LC)
  16. ^ [https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/lao.pdf Lao romanization table (ALA-LC)
  • Kurt Elfering: Die Mathematik des Aryabhata I. Text, Übersetzung aus dem Sanskrit und Kommentar. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München, 1975, ISBN 3-7705-1326-6
  • Georges Ifrah: The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-471-39340-1.
  • B. L. van der Waerden: Erwachende Wissenschaft. Ägyptische, babylonische und griechische Mathematik. Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel Stuttgart, 1966, ISBN 3-7643-0399-9
  • Fleet, J. F. (January 1911). "Aryabhata's System of Expressing Numbers". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 43: 109–126. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00040995. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25189823.
  • Fleet, J. F. (1911). "Aryabhata's System of Expressing Numbers". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 43. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 109–126. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00040995. JSTOR 25189823.
^note Conjuncts are identified by IAST transliteration, except aspirated consonants are indicated with a superscript "h" to distinguish from an unaspirated cononant + Ha, and the use of the IPA "ŋ" and "ʃ" instead of the less dinstinctive "ṅ" and "ś".