Ə
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Ə, or ə, is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule ǝ is used in the Pan-Nigerian alphabet, but has the capital form majuscule Ǝ, based on a horizontally flipped majuscule E.
The majuscule Ə is encoded in Unicode as U+018F while the minuscule ə as U+0259. The Nigerian majuscule Ǝ is encoded as U+018E and the Nigerian minuscule ǝ as U+01DD.
In the Azerbaijani and in the Latin Chechen alphabet, Ə represents the near-open front unrounded vowel, /æ/. The use of this alphabet in Chechen is politically significant (as Russia prefers the use of the Cyrillic alphabet, against the separatists' preference for Latin).
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, minuscule ə is used to represent the mid central vowel (see schwa).
When using ə, the Azerbaijani language has problems with the Turkish encoding, so sometimes ä has been used instead, as in the Tatar language and Turkmen language.
In the Latin transliteration of Avestan, the corresponding long vowel is written as schwa-macron ə̄.
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| basic letters |
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz |
| modifications, extensions, ligatures |
ɐ ɑ ᶐ ɒ ẚ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ ʙ Ↄↄ Ðð ȸ ʣ ʥ ʤ Ǝǝ Əə ᶕ Ɛɛ ᶓ ɘ ɚ ɜ ᶔ ɝ ɞ ʚ ɤ ʩ Ⅎⅎ ɡ ᵹ ɢ ʛ ᵷ Ɣɣ Ƣƣ ʜ Ƕƕ ɦ Ⱶⱶ ɧ ɪ Ɩɩ ᵼ ʞ ʪ ʫ ʟ ɮ ƛ ʎ ɴ Ŋŋ Œœ ɶ Ɔɔ ɷ Ȣȣ ɸ ⱷ ȹ Kʻĸ Ʀʀ ɹ ɺ ɻ ɿ ʁ ß Ʃʃ ᶋ ƪ ʅ ᶘ ʆ ʨ ᵺ ƾ ʦ ʧ ʇ ᵫ ɥ ʮ ʯ Ɯɯ ɰ Ʊʊ ᵿ Ʌʌ ʍ ƍ Ʒʒ Ǯǯ Ƹƹ ᶚ ƺ ʓ Ȝȝ Þþ Ƿƿ ƻ Ƨƨ Ƽƽ Ƅƅ Ɂɂ ʔ ʕ ʡ ʢ ʖ ǀ ǁ ǂ ǃ ʗ ʘ ʬ ʭ Зз Чч |
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| with diacritics |
Áá Àà Ăă Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ââ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ǎǎ Åå Ǻǻ Ää Ǟǟ Ãã Ȧȧ Ǡǡ Ąą Āā Ảả Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ạạ Ặặ Ậậ Ḁḁ Ⱥⱥ ᶏ Ḃḃ Ḅḅ Ḇḇ Ƀƀ ᵬ ᶀ Ɓɓ Ƃƃ Ćć Ĉĉ Čč Ċċ Çç Ḉḉ Ȼȼ Ƈƈ ɕ Ďď Ḋḋ Ḑḑ Ḍḍ Ḓḓ Ḏḏ Đđ ᵭ ᶁ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ ᶑ Ƌƌ ȡ Éé Èè Ĕĕ Êê Ếế Ềề Ễễ Ểể Ěě Ëë Ẽẽ Ėė Ȩȩ Ḝḝ Ęę Ēē Ḗḗ Ḕḕ Ẻẻ Ȅȅ Ȇȇ Ẹẹ Ệệ Ḙḙ Ḛḛ Ɇɇ ᶒ Ḟḟ ᵮ ᶂ Ƒƒ Ǵǵ Ğğ Ĝĝ Ǧǧ Ġġ Ģģ Ḡḡ Ǥǥ ᶃ Ɠɠ Ĥĥ Ȟȟ Ḧḧ Ḣḣ Ḩḩ Ḥḥ Ḫḫ H̱ẖ Ħħ Ⱨⱨ Íí Ìì Ĭĭ Îî Ǐǐ Ïï Ḯḯ Ĩĩ İi Įį Īī Ỉỉ Ȉȉ Ȋȋ Ịị Ḭḭ Iı Ɨɨ ᵻ ᶖ Ĵĵ ǰ ȷ Ɉɉ ʝ ɟ ʄ Ḱḱ Ǩǩ Ķķ Ḳḳ Ḵḵ ᶄ Ƙƙ Ⱪⱪ Ĺĺ Ľľ Ļļ Ḷḷ Ḹḹ Ḽḽ Ḻḻ Łł Ŀŀ Ƚƚ Ⱡⱡ Ɫɫ ɬ ᶅ ɭ ȴ Ḿḿ Ṁṁ Ṃṃ ᵯ ᶆ ɱ Ńń Ǹǹ Ňň Ññ Ṅṅ Ņņ Ṇṇ Ṋṋ Ṉṉ ᵰ Ɲɲ Ƞƞ ᶇ ɳ ȵ N̈n̈ Óó Òò Ŏŏ Ôô Ốố Ồồ Ỗỗ Ổổ Ǒǒ Öö Ȫȫ Őő Õõ Ṍṍ Ṏṏ Ȭȭ Ȯȯ Ȱȱ Øø Ǿǿ Ǫǫ Ǭǭ Ōō Ṓṓ Ṑṑ Ỏỏ Ȍȍ Ȏȏ Ơơ Ớớ Ờờ Ỡỡ Ởở Ợợ Ọọ Ộộ ᶗ Ɵɵ Ṕṕ Ṗṗ Ᵽᵽ ᵱ ᶈ Ƥƥ P̃p̃ ʠ Ɋɋ Ŕŕ Řř Ṙṙ Ŗŗ Ȑȑ Ȓȓ Ṛṛ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ɍɍ ᵲ ᶉ ɼ Ɽɽ ɾ ᵳ Śś Ṥṥ Ŝŝ Šš Ṧṧ Ṡṡẛ Şş Ṣṣ Ṩṩ Șș ᵴ ᶊ ʂ ȿ S̩s̩ Ťť T̈ẗ Ṫṫ Ţţ Ṭṭ Țț Ṱṱ Ṯṯ Ŧŧ Ⱦⱦ ᵵ ƫ Ƭƭ Ʈʈ ȶ Úú Ùù Ŭŭ Ûû Ǔǔ Ůů Üü Ǘǘ Ǜǜ Ǚǚ Ǖǖ Űű Ũũ Ṹṹ Ųų Ūū Ṻṻ Ủủ Ȕȕ Ȗȗ Ưư Ứứ Ừừ Ữữ Ửử Ựự Ụụ Ṳṳ Ṷṷ Ṵṵ Ʉʉ ᵾ ᶙ Ṽṽ Ṿṿ ᶌ Ʋʋ ⱴ Ẃẃ Ẁẁ Ŵŵ W̊ẘ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ Ẍẍ Ẋẋ ᶍ Ýý Ỳỳ Ŷŷ Y̊ẙ Ÿÿ Ỹỹ Ẏẏ Ȳȳ Ỷỷ Ỵỵ ʏ Ɏɏ Ƴƴ Źź Ẑẑ Žž Żż Ẓẓ Ẕẕ Ƶƶ ᵶ ᶎ Ȥȥ ʐ ʑ ɀ Ⱬⱬ |
| palaeographic variants |
