E with diaeresis (Cyrillic) explained

E with diaeresis (Ӭ ӭ; italics:

Ӭ ӭ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter E (Э э Э э).

E with diaeresis is used in the alphabet of the Kildin Sami language, where it represents the close-mid front unrounded vowel pronounced as //e//, following a palatalized (sometimes called "half-palatalized") stop, pronounced as //nʲ, tʲ, dʲ//. In Moksha, it was used for the near-open front unrounded vowel pronounced as //æ//, however, in contemporary Moksha it has been replaced by Я or word-initially by Э.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF . The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 . 2010 . 43 . 2011-05-21.