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In Turkish, the g is known as yumusak ge (soft g) and is the ninth letter of the Turkish alphabet. It has no independent pronunciation, but rather indicates a lengthening of the preceding vowel, which normally does not appear in Turkish when the g is absent. For example, dag (mountain) is pronounced something like daa. The effect of the g can be compared to the effect of the gh in 'brought'. The g must be located behind a vowel and can therefore not be the initial letter of a word. When found after the vowels e, i, ö or ü, the g is pronounced as y (consonant). When found between two vowels, it is sometimes pronounced as y as well. The standard romanization of g is gh. Sometimes g is used incorrectly. In rare cases, the phonetic ɣ (gamma) or the Greek letter Gamma is used. Some webpages may also use Ð and ð due to improper encoding; see Turkish characters for the reasons of this.
In Azerbaijani and Tatar, g is pronounced as gh ( IPAThis article is about the alphabet officially used in linguistics. The NATO phonetic alphabet ("alpha bravo") has been informally and nonstandardly called the International Phonetic Alphabet as well. The International Phonetic Alphabet is a phonetic alpha: [ɣ]), a voiced velar fricative. The G is used as initial letter in Tatar only. For example, Gabdulla is the Tatar way of writing the name Arabic name AbdullahAbdullah (or Abd Allah means 'servant of Allah' in Arabic. It is a common Islamic name that is favored because it indicates servitude and humility before God. According to the Hadith, "The most beloved of your names to Allah the Mighty and Magnificent are. (in Tatar language ayn and ghayn Arabic letters both was pronounced as g)