Schwa (Cyrillic)

Cyrillic letter used in various languages

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Cyrillic letter

Cyrillic letter schwa

Phonetic usage:| [æ]
[ɤ]
[ə]
[ɛ~a]
[◌ʷ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
| А| А̀| А̂| А̄| Ӓ| Б| В| Г

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Ґ| Д| Ђ| Ѓ| Е| Ѐ| Е̄| Е̂
Ё| Є| Ж| З| З́| Ѕ| И| І
Ї| Ꙇ| Ѝ| И̂| Ӣ| Й| Ј| К
Л| Љ| М| Н| Њ| О| О̀| О̂
Ō| Ӧ| П| Р| С| С́| Т| Ћ
Ќ| У| У̀| У̂| Ӯ| Ў| Ӱ| Ф
Х| Ц| Ч| Џ| Ш| Щ| Ꙏ| Ъ
Ъ̀| Ы| Ь| Ѣ| Э| Ю| Ю̀| Я
Я̀| | | | | | |
Non-Slavic letters
| Ӑ| А̊| А̃| Ӓ̄| Ӕ| Ә| Ә́| Ә̃

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Ӛ| В̌| Ԝ| Г̑| Г̇| Г̣| Г̌| Г̂
Г̆| Г̈| г̊| Ҕ| Ғ| | Ӻ| Ғ̌
ғ̊| Ӷ| | Д́| Д̌| Д̈| Д̣| Д̆
Ӗ| Е̃| Ё̄| Є̈| Ԑ| Ԑ̈| Җ| Ӝ
Ӂ| Ж̣| Ҙ| Ӟ| З̌| З̣| З̆| Ӡ
И̃| Ӥ| Ҋ| Қ| Ӄ| Ҡ| Ҟ| Ҝ
К̣| к̊| қ̊| Ԛ| ᴫ| Л́| Ӆ| Ԯ
Ԓ| Л̈| Ӎ| ᵸ| Н́| Ӊ| Ң| Ԩ
Ӈ| Ҥ| О̆| О̃| Ӧ̄| Ө| Ө̄| Ө́
Ө̆| Ӫ| Ԥ| П̈| Ҏ| Р̌| С̌| Ҫ
С̣| С̱| Т́| Т̈| Т̌| Т̇| Т̣| Ҭ
| У̃| Ӳ| У̊| Ӱ̄| Ұ| Ү| Ү́
Х̣| Х̱| Х̮| Х̑| Х̌| Ҳ| Ӽ| х̊
Ӿ| ӿ̊| Һ| Һ̈| Ԧ| Ц̌| Ц̈| Ҵ
Ҷ| Ҷ̣| Ӵ| Ӌ| | Ҹ| Ч̇| Ч̣
Ҽ| Ҿ| Ш̣| ꚜ| Ы̆| Ы̄| Ӹ| ꚝ
Ҍ| Ҩ| Э̆| Э̄| Э̇| Ӭ| Ӭ́| Ӭ̄
Ю̆| Ю̈| Ю̄| Я̆| Я̄| Я̈| Ӏ| ʼ
ˮ| | | | | | |
Archaic or unused letters
| | А̨| Б̀| Б̣| Б̱| В̀| Г̀| Г̧

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Г̄| Г̓| Г̆| Ҕ̀| Ҕ̆| | Ԁ| Д̓
Д̀| Д̨| | Ԃ| Ꚁ| Ꙣ| Е̇| Е̨
Ж̀| Ж̑| | | Ꙃ| Ꙅ| | Џ̆
Ꚅ| Ꚅ̆| Ꙁ| З̀| З̑| Ԅ| Ԇ| Ꚉ
Ԫ| Ꚃ| Ꚕ| | | І̂| І̣| І̨
| Ј̵| Ј̃| Ꙉ| К̓| К̀| К̆| Ӄ̆
К̑| К̇| К̈| К̄| Ԟ| К̂| |
Л̀| Ԡ| Ꙥ| Ԉ| Л̑| Л̇| Ԕ|
| | М̀| М̃| Ꙧ| Н̀| Н̄| Н̧
Н̃| Ԋ| Ԣ| Н̡| Ѻ| Ꙩ| Ꙫ| Ꙭ
ꙮ| Ꚙ| Ꚛ| | | | П̓| П̀
П́| Ҧ| П̧| П̑| Ҁ| Ԛ̆| | Р́
Р̀| Р̃| | Ԗ| С̀| С̈| Ԍ| Ҫ̓
| Т̓| Т̀| Ԏ| Т̑| Ꚋ| Т̧| Ꚍ
Ꚍ̆| | | | ОУ| Ꙋ| | У̇
У̨| ꙋ́| Ф̑| Ф̓| Х́| Х̀| Х̆| Х̇
Х̧| Х̾| Х̓| | һ̱| Ѡ| Ꙍ| Ѽ
Ѿ| Ꙡ| Ц̀| Ц́| Ц̓| | Ꚏ| Ꚏ̆
| | Ꚑ| Ч́| Ч̀| Ч̆| Ч̑| Ч̓
| | Ԭ| Ꚓ| Ꚇ| Ꚇ̆| Ҽ̆| Ш̀
Ш̆| Ш̑| Щ̆| Ꚗ| Ꚗ̆| | Ъ̄| Ъ̈
Ъ̈̄| Ꙑ| Ы̂| Ы̃| | Ѣ́| Ѣ̈| Ѣ̆
Ꙓ| Э̨| Э̂| Ꙕ| Ю̂| | | Ꙗ
Я̈| Я̂| Я̨| Ԙ| Ѥ| Ѧ| Ꙙ| Ѫ
Ꙛ| Ѩ| Ꙝ| Ѭ| Ѯ| Ѱ| Ѳ| Ѵ
Ѷ| Ꙟ| | | | | |

* List of Cyrillic letters
* List of Cyrillic multigraphs

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Schwa (Ә ә; italics: Ә ә) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, derived from the Latin letter schwa. It is currently used in Abkhaz, Bashkir, Dungan, Itelmen, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Khanty, Kurdish, Uyghur and Tatar. It was also used in Azeri, Karakalpak, and Turkmen before those languages switched to the Latin alphabet. The Azeri and some other Latin-derived alphabets contain a letter of identical appearance (Ə/ə).

## Usage[edit]

In many Turkic languages such as Azeri, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uyghur and Tatar, as well as the Kalmyk and Khinalug languages, it represents the near-open front unrounded vowel /æ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "cat". It is often transliterated as ⟨ä⟩.

In Dungan, it represents the close-mid back unrounded vowel /ɤ/.

In Kurdish it represents the sound /ε~æ/.

In Abkhaz, it is a modifier letter, which represents labialization of the preceding consonant /ʷ/. Digraphs with ⟨ә⟩ are treated as letters and given separate positions in the Abkhaz alphabet. It is transliterated into Latin as a superscript w: ⟨ʷ⟩.

In 2013 Khanty alphabets it represents the reduced mid central vowel /ə/.[1]

## Related letters and other similar characters[edit]

* Ӛ ӛ: Cyrillic Schwa with diaeresis
* Ä ä: Latin letter A with diaeresis
* Ӓ ӓ: Cyrillic letter A with diaeresis
* Æ æ: Ligature Æ, an Icelandic, Danish and Norwegian letter.
* Ӕ ӕ: Cyrillic letter Æ
* Ə ə: Latin schwa, used to transliterate Azerbaijani's Cyrillic schwa and 1927—1940 Turkmen's schwa. (Now ä for a schwa in Cyrillic)

## Computer codes[edit]

Character information  Preview | Ә | ә

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Unicode name  | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA  | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SCHWA
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex
Unicode | 1240 | U+04D8 | 1241 | U+04D9
UTF-8 | 211 152 | D3 98 | 211 153 | D3 99
Numeric character reference | &#1240; | &#x4D8; | &#1241; | &#x4D9;

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bakró-Nagy, Marianne; Laakso, Johanna; Skribnik, Elena, eds. (2022-03-24). The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages. Oxford University Press. p. 97\. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198767664.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-876766-4.

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