Yae (Cyrillic)

Yae or Yæ (Ԙ ԙ; italics: Ԙ ԙ) is an archaic letter of the Cyrillic script,^[1] a ligature of Я (Ya) and Е (E); я and е.

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound values[jæ]

Development

Я and E

• Ԙ ԙ

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Yae
Ԙ ԙ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[jæ]
History
Development	Я and E Ԙ ԙ
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Yae was used in the old alphabet of the Mordvinic languages, where it represented the sequence [jæ], like the pronunciation of ⟨ya⟩ in "yak".^[2]