Nje

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Cyrillic letter Nje
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Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Ѓ Д
Ђ Е Ё Є Ж З Ѕ
И І Ї Й Ј К Ќ
Л Љ М Н Њ О П
Р С Т Ћ У Ў Ф
Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ
Ы Ь Э Ю Я    
Non-Slavic Letters
Ӑ Ә Ӕ Ҕ Ӗ Ғ Ӏ
Ӂ Җ Ӝ Ҙ Ӟ Ӡ Ӣ
Ӥ Ҡ Қ Ҟ Ҝ Ң Ҥ
Ө Ӧ Ҧ Ҫ Ҷ Ҹ Ӵ
Ҽ Ҿ Ҩ Ҳ Һ Ҭ Ҵ
Ӳ Ӯ Ү Ұ Ӱ    
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѻ Ѣ ІА
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ

The Cyrillic letter Nje (Њ, њ) was originally a ligature of Н and Ь. It is used in Macedonian and Serbian, where it represents a voiced palatal nasal [ɲ]. It was invented by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.

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