U+0138 "ĸ" Latin Small Letter Kra Unicode Character

U+0138 "ĸ" Latin Small Letter Kra is a distinct letter used primarily in the orthography of the Greenlandic language, where it represents a voiceless uvular fricative sound, similar to the "ch" in Scottish "loch." Originally derived from the Latin alphabet, this character was also historically employed in some other languages of the Arctic region. Its uppercase counterpart is not part of standard Unicode, making the letter case-sensitive in digital text. In modern Greenlandic, the character has largely been replaced by the digraph "q" or the letter "k" in certain contexts, but it remains an important symbol for linguistic and historical documentation.