Twe

Cyrillic letter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twe (Ꚍ ꚍ; italics: Ꚍ ꚍ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its glyph is derived from a lowercase Greek Tau.[1]

Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/tʷ/
Development
Τ τ[1]
  • Ꚍ ꚍ
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Twe
Ꚍ ꚍ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/tʷ/
History
Development
Τ τ[1]
  • Ꚍ ꚍ
SistersT t, Т т
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
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Twe was used in old Abkhaz and in old Ossetian.

Usage

In Abkhaz, it represents the labialized voiceless alveolar plosive /tʷ/ⓘ, like the pronunciation of ⟨tw⟩ in "twin".[citation needed] It corresponds to the digraph Тә in Cyrillic.

Computing codes

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Character information
PreviewꚌꚍ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TWE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TWE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode42636U+A68C42637U+A68D
UTF-8234 154 140EA 9A 8C234 154 141EA 9A 8D
Numeric character referenceꚌꚌꚍꚍ
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