Ugaritic Letter Gamla

It writes the hard g consonant in Ugaritic.

Ugaritic is an ancient language written with a wedge-shaped alphabet. Inside a spelling, 𐎂 contributes the hard g sound; alone, it is one consonant letter rather than a complete word.

how do I type 𐎂?

Use Unicode input; a standard Latin keyboard has no direct key.

In an editor that supports hexadecimal Unicode entry, use the value shown in the facts row. The exact keystroke depends on the editor.

A dedicated Ugaritic Cuneiform LaTeX package provides ASCII and named commands; it must be configured in your document.

how did Ugaritic writing begin?

Ugaritic scribes adapted alphabetic writing to cuneiform wedges.

Surviving Ugaritic writing begins in the 14th century BCE at Ugarit, a city on the Syrian coast. Scribes adapted alphabetic writing to cuneiform: wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay.

Ugaritic tablets were used for contracts, lists, letters, school exercises, myths, and ritual texts. The sign's g position matches a shared order in Phoenician and later Semitic alphabets; Hebrew gimel ג occupies the corresponding place, but is a separate character in a different script.

Ugarit's wedge script disappeared with its palace civilization by the end of the 12th century BCE; no direct descendant is securely attested as of 2026.