Carolingian G

(Carolingian) G Capital yogh (left), lowercase yogh (right) Insular G

The Carolingian G or French G is one of two historical variants of the letter G which were in use in the Middle English alphabet; the other variant was the insular G or Irish G. The Carolingian G is named for the Carolingian minuscule script, an exemplar of its use.[1]

The Carolingian G stands at the basis of the modern letter G, and eventually replaced the insular G as standard form for the letter. The Ᵹ survived for a while as the letter Ȝ before being removed from the English alphabet.[dubious - discuss]

The Carolingian G is the standard letter form for G in all modern Latin-script alphabets.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ The History of G. MedievalWriting.com. Accessed March 30, 2012.

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Ǵǵ | Ğğ | Ĝĝ | Ǧǧ | Ġġ | G̃g̃ | Ģģ | Ḡḡ | Ǥǥ | Ꞡꞡ | Ɠɠ | ᶃ | ꬶ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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