Bashkir Qa

Bashkir Qa or Bashkir Ka (Ҡ ҡ; italics: Ҡ ҡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) with the top extending horizontally to the left. It is used in the alphabet of the Bashkir language and (some forms of) Siberian Tatar. It represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/.

It corresponds to, and is pronounced the same as, the letter Қ in Kazakh, Karakalpak, Uzbek, and (some forms of) Siberian Tatar. It is represented in the Arabic script for Bashkir as ق.

Other Cyrillic letters used to write the sound /q/:

• Қ қ : Cyrillic letter Ka with descender
• Ӄ ӄ : Cyrillic letter Ka with hook
• Ԟ ԟ : Cyrillic letter Aleut Ka
• Ԛ ԛ : Cyrillic letter Qa
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