Shwe (Cyrillic)

Shwe (Ꚗ ꚗ; italics: Ꚗ ꚗ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.^[1] It resembles the letter Sha (Ш ш; Ш ш) with a long tail attached to its bottom.

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound values/ʃʷ/

Development

Ш ш

• Ꚗ ꚗ

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Shwe
Ꚗ ꚗ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/ʃʷ/
History
Development	Ш ш Ꚗ ꚗ
Transliterations	Ş̌ ş̌
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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Shwe is used in an old orthography of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the labialized voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant /ʃʷ/. It corresponds to Шә.^[2]