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Bashkir Qa

Bashkir Qa or Bashkir Ka is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) with the top extending horizontally to the left. It is used in the alphabet of the Bashkir language and Siberian Tatar. It represents the voiceless uvular plosive.

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Source
Bashkir Qa
Ҡ ҡ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originBashkir language
Sound values/q/

Bashkir Qa or Bashkir Ka (Ҡ ҡ; italics: Ҡ ҡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) with the top extending horizontally to the left. It is used in the alphabet of the Bashkir language12 and (some forms of) Siberian Tatar.3 It represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/.14

It corresponds to, and is pronounced the same as, the letter Қ in Kazakh, Karakalpak, Uzbek,4 and (some forms of) Siberian Tatar. It is represented in the Arabic script for Bashkir as ق.1

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ҡ ҡ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
BASHKIR KA
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
BASHKIR KA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1184 U+04A0 1185 U+04A1
UTF-8 210 160 D2 A0 210 161 D2 A1
Numeric character reference Ҡ Ҡ ҡ ҡ
See also

See also

Other Cyrillic letters used to write the sound /q/:

References

References

  1. Pedersen, Thomas T. (2004-06-08). Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts: Bashkir (PDF).
  2. "Bashkir language and alphabets". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  3. "Siberian Tatar language and alphabet". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  4. Pedersen, Thomas T. (20 January 2003). Transliteration of Non-Roman scripts: Uzbek (PDF).