I with circumflex (Cyrillic) explained

Heading:	I with circumflex
Sound:	pronounced as /[īh]/

I with circumflex (И̂ и̂; italics: И̂ и̂) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Udege alphabet. The letter was made and used in the most common version of the alphabet: the Khabarovsk version.^[1] It was proposed for inclusion in to the Ukrainian alphabet in the 19th century.

Usage

M. O. Maksymovych proposed new letters for usage in the Ukrainian alphabet, based on the etymological principles of spelling to preserve the old writing of Ukrainian. Of the letters proposed, И̂ was one of them.^[2]

Related Letters

• И и : Cyrillic letter I
• И́ и́ : Cyrillic letter I with acute
• Й й : Cyrillic letter Short I
• І і : Cyrillic letter Dotted I
• Ї ї : Cyrillic letter Yi
• I i : Latin letter I
• Î î : Latin letter Î - a Romanian letter.

Notes and References

1. [Simonov et Kyalundzyuga 1998] (ru) Михаилом Д. Симонов et Валентина Т. Кялундзюга,, vol. I, Alfred F. Majewicz, International Institute of Ethnolinguistics and Oriental Studies (IIEOS), coll. « Monograph series » (n^o 15/1), 1998 (ISBN 83-902273-8-X, ISSN 1230-3283)
2. Remy . Johannes . 2005 . The Ukrainian Alphabet as a Political Question in The Russian Empire Before 1876 . Ab Imperio . 2005 . 2 . 167–190 . 10.1353/imp.2005.0156 . 2164-9731.