Dwe (Cyrillic)
Cyrillic letter formerly used in Abkhaz
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Dwe (Ꚁ ꚁ; italics: Ꚁ ꚁ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It has a protruding vertical stroke (upturn), as with the Cyrillic Ghe with upturn (Ґ ґ Ґ ґ), in the upper left corner of the Cyrillic De (Д д Д д).[1]
| Dwe | |
|---|---|
| Ꚁ ꚁ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Abkhaz |
| Sound values | [dʷ] |
| History | |
| Time period | 1862-1925 |
Usage
Dwe was used in the old Cyrillic alphabet for the Abkhaz language, where it represented a labialized voiced alveolar stop ⓘ, like the pronunciation of ⟨dw⟩ in "dwarf". It corresponds to Дә in the new alphabet.
Computing codes
| Preview | Ꚁ | ꚁ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DWE | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DWE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 42624 | U+A680 | 42625 | U+A681 |
| UTF-8 | 234 154 128 | EA 9A 80 | 234 154 129 | EA 9A 81 |
| Numeric character reference | Ꚁ | Ꚁ | ꚁ | ꚁ |
