Ka with hook


Ka with hook is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka by the addition of a hook.
Ka with hook is widely used in the alphabets of Siberia and the Russian Far East: Chukchi, Koryak, Alyutor, Itelmen, Yukaghir, Yupik, Aleut, Nivkh and Selkup languages, where it represents the voiceless uvular plosive. It has been sometimes used in the Khanty language as a substitute for Cyrillic letter Ka with descender, Қ қ, which also stands for.It was also used on the Old Alphabets of Abkhaz and the Ossetian Languages.

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