Sha with breve explained

Heading:	Cyrillic letter Sha with breve
Sound:	pronounced as //ʃ//

Sha with breve (Ш̆ ш̆) is an additional letter of the Cyrillic script which was used for Abkhaz and Komi at the start of the 20th century. It is composed of a sha with a breve.

Usages

The ш̆ is used in multiple older Cyrillic Abkhaz scripts and Komi scripts, notably in:

• the alphabet of Peter von Uslar 1862 ;
• the alphabet of Gulia and Machavariani 1892 ;
• the alphabet of Chochua 1909.
• the alphabet of Nicolaes Witsen 1897

Computing codes

The sha with breve can be represented with the following Unicode characters:

References

• Book: Гулиа . Д. И. . Абхазская азбука . Мачавариани . К. Д. . 1892 . Тифлис . ru . GuliaMatchavariani1892.
• Book: Ч̆оч̆уа, А. М. . АБХАЗСКАЯ АЗБУКА. 1909 . Тифлис . ru . Tchotchoua1909.
• Book: Услар, Петр Карлович . Этнография Кавказа, Языкознание . Упр. Кавк. учеб. округа . 1887 . 1 . Тифлис . Uslar1887.