Abkhazian Dze
Cyrillic letter used in Abkhaz and Uilta
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Abkhazian Dze (Ӡ ӡ; italics: Ӡ ӡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in Abkhaz where it represents a voiced alveolar affricate [dz], pronounced like ⟨ds⟩ in pods.
| Abkhazian Dze | |
|---|---|
| Ӡ ӡ | |
| |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | [dz], [dʒ] |
| History | |
| Development | З
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It is also used in a 2007 alphabet for the Uilta language, where it represents a voiced postalveolar affricate [dʒ], as in the ⟨j⟩ in jam. It was also used in one 1937 proposal (not adopted) for the Karelian language.[citation needed]
The letter is often homoglyphic with the Latin letter Ezh ⟨Ʒ ʒ⟩, but in some fonts the uppercase form of the Abkhazian Dze has no descender or has a shortened tail.
This letter is equivalent to the more common Cyrillic Dze, differing only in shape.
Computing codes
| Preview | Ӡ | ӡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ABKHASIAN DZE |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ABKHASIAN DZE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1248 | U+04E0 | 1249 | U+04E1 |
| UTF-8 | 211 160 | D3 A0 | 211 161 | D3 A1 |
| Numeric character reference | Ӡ | Ӡ | ӡ | ӡ |
See also
- Ʒ ʒ : Latin letter Ezh
- Ʃ ʃ : Latin letter Esh
- S s : Cyrillic letter Dze (Macedonian Dze)
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
