Type: | alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Script: | Latin script |
Language: | Skolt Sámi, Laz language |
Letter: | Ǯ ǯ |
Ezh with caron | |
Fam1: | |
Fam6: | Ζ ζ |
Fam8: | Z z |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ |
Unicode: | U+01ee, U+01ef |
Alphanumber: | 7th (Skolt Sámi), 35th (Laz) |
Variations: | Ʒ̆ ʒ̆ |
Usageperiod: | 1984-present (Laz), 1973-present (Skolt Sámi) |
Ǯ (minuscule: ǯ) is a modified letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from ezh (ʒ) with the addition of a caron.
In the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the sound pronounced as /link/.
Following its UPA usage, it was adopted in the Skolt Sami[1] alphabet for the same value. It typically appears doubled, where it represents a geminate pronounced as //d͡ʒ//. e.g. viǯǯâd "to fetch". The letter is also used in Laz, where it represents pronounced as /link/. Until 2007 it was also used by Olonets Karelian language.