We (Cyrillic)

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Not to be confused with the Latin letter W.
Cyrillic letter We
Cyrillic letter We.svg
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍЙІЇ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОŌПРСС́Т
ЋЌУӮЎФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЫ
ЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃Ӛ
ҒГ̑ҔӺ
ӶД̆ӖЕ̄Е̃Ё̄
Є̈ӁҖӜҘӞ
ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃
ҊӤҚӃҠҞ
ҜԚӅԮԒӍ
ӉҢԨӇҤ
О̆О̃ӦӨӨ̄
ӪҨԤР̌Ҏ
ҪҬУ̃
ӰӲҮҮ́Ұ
Х̑ҲӼӾҺ
ԦҴҶӴӋҸ
ҼҾЫ̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆
Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈
Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ꙀꙂꙄꙆꙈҀѺ
ОУꙊѠѼꙌѾꙎ
ѢꙐꙒꙔꙖѤѦ
ꙘѪꙚѨꙜѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘꙞꙠ
ꙢꙤꙦꙨꙪꙬꙮ
ꚘꚚԀԔԖԠԢ
ҦꚊꚀꚄꚌꚔꚎ
ꚖꚂԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆꚐꚈꚆꚒԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄
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We (Ԝ ԝ; italics: Ԝ ԝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] In all its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter W (W w W w).

We is used in the Cyrillic orthography of the Kurdish language,[2][3] in (some versions of the orthography of) the Yaghnobi language and in the Tundra Yukaghir language.

Usage[]

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages. Lowercase We is similar to some forms of Cyrillic Omega in appearance.

Language Pronunciation
Kurdish language /ʋ/
Tundra Yukaghir language /w/
Yaghnobi language /β̞/, /β/ or /u̯/ (after a vowel at the end of a syllable)[4][5][6][7]

Computing codes[]

Character information
Preview Ԝ ԝ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER WE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER WE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1308 U+051C 1309 U+051D
UTF-8 212 156 D4 9C 212 157 D4 9D
Numeric character reference Ԝ Ԝ ԝ ԝ

See also[]

  • Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References[]

  1. ^ "Cyrillic Supplement: Range: 0500–052F" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. p. 45. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ^ Heciyê Cindî (1974). Әлифба. Yerevan. p. 96.
  3. ^ Dilan M.R. Roshani. "Existing Kurdish alphabets". Kurdish Academy of Language. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  4. ^ А. Л. Хромов. Ягнобский язык. – М.: «Наука», 1972. (in Russian)
  5. ^ А. Л. Хромов. Ягнобский язык // Основы иранского языкознания. Новоиранские языки II. – Восточная группа / Под ред. В. С. Расторгуевой. – М.: «Наука», 1987. – С. 644–701. (in Russian)
  6. ^ В. С. Соколова. Ягнобский язык // Очерки по фонетике иранских языков. – М.–Л., 1953. – С. 59–79. (in Russian)
  7. ^ С. П. Виноградова. Ягнобский язык // Иранские языки III. – Восточноиранские языки. – М.: «Индрик», 2000. – С. 290–310. (in Russian)
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