Je (Cyrillic)
Je (Ј ј; italics: Ј ј) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, taken over from the Latin letter J.
It commonly represents the palatal approximant /j/, like the pronunciation of ⟨y⟩ in "yes".
Usage
| Language | pronunciation | notes |
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| Altai | voiced postalveolar affricate /dʒ/ | |
| Azerbaijani | /j/ | corresponds to ⟨y⟩ in the official Latin alphabet |
| Kildin Sami | voiceless palatal approximant /j̊/ | the letter Short I with tail (Ҋ ҋ) is also used |
| Macedonian | /j/ | Prior to the development of the modern Macedonian alphabet in 1944-45, Macedonian authors used either І і or Й й.[1] |
| Serbian | /j/ | in Vuk Karadžić's alphabet, the letter Je replaced the traditional letter Short I (Й й), which invited accusations of submission to the Latin script and Catholic Church (in Austria) from the Orthodox clergy |
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Related letters and other similar characters
Computing codes
External links
The dictionary definition of Ј at Wiktionary- The dictionary definition of ј at Wiktionary
Notes
