Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | Адыгэ | 'adyghe' | |||
| Alekano | gamó | 'cucumber' | |||
| Aleut | agiitalix | 'with' | |||
| Asturian | gadañu | 'scythe' | Allophone of /ɡ/ in almost all positions. | ||
| Angor | ranih |
'brother' | |||
| Angas | γür | 'to pick up' | |||
| Arabic | Modern Standard | غرفة | 'room' | May be post-velar or uvular depending on dialect. See Arabic phonology | |
| Azerbaijani | ağac | 'tree' | |||
| Basque | hego | 'wing' | Allophone of /ɡ/. | ||
| Berber | aɣilas (aghilas) | 'leopard' | |||
| Catalan | figuera | 'fig tree' | Allophone of /ɡ/. See Catalan phonology | ||
| Chechen | гӀала / ġala | 'town' | |||
| Dinka | ɣo | 'us' | |||
| Dutch | Some dialects | gaan | 'to go' | More common in northern dialects. See Dutch phonology | |
| Standard Netherlandic | |||||
| Netherlandic | liegen | 'to lie' | Intervocallic allophone of, written ⟨g⟩. Present in many dialects. See Dutch phonology | ||
| Georgian | ღარიბი | 'poor' | May actually be post-velar or uvular | ||
| Gujarati | વાઘણ | 'tigress' | See Gujarati phonology | ||
| Ghari | cheghe | 'five' | |||
| Greek | γάλα gála | 'milk' | See Modern Greek phonology | ||
| Gweno | 'bird' | ||||
| Gwich’in | videeghàn | 'his her chest' | |||
| Hän | dëgëghor | 'I am playing' | |||
| Hebrew | Yemenite | מגדּל | 'tower' | See Modern Hebrew phonology | |
| Hindi | ग़रीब | 'poor' | See Hindi-Urdu phonology | ||
| Irish | dhorn | 'fist' | See Irish phonology | ||
| Iwaidja | 'hermit crab' | ||||
| Japanese | はげ hage | 'baldness' | Allophone of /ɡ/, especially in fast or casual speech. See Japanese phonology | ||
| Kabardian | гын | 'powder' | |||
| Macedonian | Bukovo accent | глава | 'head' | Allophone of /l/ instead of usual . See Prilep-Bitola dialect | |
| Berovo accent | дувна | 'it blew' | Corresponds to etymological /x/ of other dialects, before sonorants. See Maleševo-Pirin dialect and Macedonian phonology | ||
| Navajo | ’aghá | 'best' | |||
| Ngwe | Mmockngie dialect | 'sun' | |||
| Occitan | Gascon | digoc | 'said (3sg.)' | ||
| Pashto | غاتر | 'mule' | |||
| Persian | حقیقت | 'truth' | See Persian phonology | ||
| Polish | niechże | 'suppose' | Allophone of /x/ before voiced consonants. See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | European | agora | 'now' | Allophone of /ɡ/ in northern and central dialects. See Portuguese phonology | |
| Some Brazilian dialects | mármore | 'marble', 'sill' | Allophone of rhotic consonant (voiced equivalent to, itself allophone of /ʁ/) between voiced sounds, most often as coda before voiced consonants. | ||
| Northern Qiang | ? | 'February' | |||
| Romani | Lithuanian | γoines | 'good' | ||
| Russian | Southern | дорога | 'a way' | Corresponds to /ɡ/ in other dialects. | |
| Standard | Господи | 'Lord' 'three-day' |
Occurs in interjections, some religious (stylized as Old Church Slavonic) words, and as an allophone of /x/ before voiced consonants. See Russian phonology. | ||
| Sardinian | Nuorese dialect | súghere | 'to suck' | Allophone of /ɡ/ | |
| Scottish Gaelic | laghail | 'lawful' | See Scottish Gaelic phonology | ||
| Sindhi | غم | 'sadness' | |||
| Swahili | ghali | 'expensive' | |||
| Dawsahak | ? | 'war' | |||
| Tajik | ғафс | 'thick' | |||
| Tiwi | ngaga | 'we (inclusive)' | |||
| Turkish | ağa | 'agha' | Deleted in most dialects. See Turkish phonology | ||
| Tutchone | Northern | ihghú | 'tooth' | ||
| Southern | ghra | 'baby' | |||
| Urdu | غریب | 'poor' | See Hindi-Urdu phonology | ||
| Vietnamese | ghế | 'chair' | See Vietnamese phonology | ||
| West Frisian | drage | 'to carry' | Never occurs in word-initial positions. | ||
| Yi | ꊋ we | 'win' | |||
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