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⟨g⟩
From Teflpedia
⟨g⟩ is an English consonant monograph consisting of a single letter G.
This very reliably sounds either Soft g /dʒ/ or hard g /g/.
Words beginning ⟨gi-⟩ may be either soft or hard. Generally, readers must learn which ⟨gi-⟩ words are hard and which are soft.
G is not always a monograph, and can be part of the digraphs ⟨ge⟩, ⟨gh⟩, ⟨gu⟩, ⟨gg⟩.
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| Phoneme | Subset | Words | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| G phoneme /g/ | ⟨gr-⟩ is hard | agree, great, green, groat, groan, grunt, grumpy | |
| ⟨gl-⟩ is hard | gland, gleam, glint, Glock, glue, glum, igloo | ||
| ⟨gw-⟩ is hard | Gwen | ||
| ⟨ga-⟩ is hard | gall, gain, gang, | Exception; gaol | |
| ⟨go-⟩ is hard | goat, goal, goat, gong, | ||
| ⟨gu-⟩ is hard | gun, gully, gurn, gum | ||
| Word final is hard | bag, beg, bog, bug, dig, dog, dug, fig, fog, fug, pig, sag, tag, wag, wig, | Exception vag (clipping of vagina). | |
| ⟨gi-⟩ may be hard | gift, girl, gill, Gimson, | ||
| Dge phoneme /ʤ/ | ⟨ge⟩ is soft | age, cage, college, general, German, allege, huge, page, privilege, sage, wage, | Alternatively ⟨ge⟩ in some words. See /ʒ/ for exceptions. |
| ⟨gi-⟩ may be soft | angina, giant, gist, giraffe, ginger, gigolo, vagina | ||
| zh phoneme /ʒ/ | ⟨ge⟩ is soft and French | genre, gendarme, gîte collage, luge, massage, mirage, rouge, prestige, sabotage, vestige |
French-to-English loans, alternatively ⟨ge⟩ in some words, e.g. beige, Georges,. |
