We (Cyrillic)

Cyrillic letter in Kurdish, Yaghnobi and Tundra Yukaghir

Not to be confused with the Latin letter W.

Ԝ ԝ
Usage
Writing system| Cyrillic
Type| Alphabetic
Sound values| [w], [ʋ], [β̞], [β], [u̯]
History
Development|

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* Ԝ ԝ

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We (Ԝ ԝ; italics: Ԝ ԝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] It looks identical to the Latin letter W, where it derives from.

The letter is used in the Cyrillic orthography of the Kurdish language,[2][3] Yaghnobi language, and occasionally the Tundra Yukaghir language.

## Usage

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The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages. Lowercase We is similar to some forms of Cyrillic Omega in appearance.

Language | Pronunciation

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Kurdish language | /w/
Tundra Yukaghir language | /w/
Yaghnobi language | /β̞/, /β/ or /u̯/ (after a vowel at the end of a syllable)[4][5][6][7]

## Computing codes

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Character information  Preview | Ԝ | ԝ

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Unicode name  | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER WE  | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER WE
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex
Unicode | 1308 | U+051C | 1309 | U+051D
UTF-8 | 212 156 | D4 9C | 212 157 | D4 9D
Numeric character reference | &#1308; | &#x51C; | &#1309; | &#x51D;

## See also

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* Cyrillic characters in Unicode
* Ѡ ѡ : Cyrillic letter Omega, a similar-looking letter in archaic Cyrillic texts for /o/
* W w : Latin letter W
* Ў ў : Cyrillic letter Short U, another letter romanized as "W"
* В̌ в̌ : Cyrillic letter Ve with caron

## References

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1. ^ "Cyrillic Supplement: Range: 0500–052F" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. p. 45. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
2. ^ Heciyê Cindî (1974). Әлифба. Yerevan. p. 96.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. ^ Dilan M.R. Roshani. "Existing Kurdish alphabets". Kurdish Academy of Language. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
4. ^ А. Л. Хромов. Ягнобский язык. – М.: «Наука», 1972. (in Russian)
5. ^ А. Л. Хромов. Ягнобский язык // Основы иранского языкознания. Новоиранские языки II. – Восточная группа / Под ред. В. С. Расторгуевой. – М.: «Наука», 1987. – С. 644–701. (in Russian)
6. ^ В. С. Соколова. Ягнобский язык // Очерки по фонетике иранских языков. – М.–Л., 1953. – С. 59–79. (in Russian)
7. ^ С. П. Виноградова. Ягнобский язык // Иранские языки III. – Восточноиранские языки. – М.: «Индрик», 2000. – С. 290–310. (in Russian)

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Cyrillic script

Italics indicate that the language no longer uses Cyrillic

Cyrillic alphabets|

* Early
* Abkhaz
* Belarusian
* Bosnian
* Bulgarian
* Dargwa
* Lezgin
* Kildin Sámi
* Kyrgyz
* Macedonian
* Mongolian
* Mordvinic
* Polish
* Romanian
* transitional
* Moldovan
* Russian
* Serbian
* Udmurt
* Ukrainian
* Uyghur
* Yakut

Cyrillization of|

* Arabic
* Chinese
* French
* German
* Greek
* Japanese
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Polish

Letters of the Cyrillic script

Primary letters|

* Аа
* Бб
* Вв
* Гг
* Дд
* Ее
* Жж
* Зз
* Ии
* Йй
* Кк
* Лл
* Мм
* Нн
* Оо
* Пп
* Рр
* Сс
* Тт
* Уу
* Фф
* Хх
* Цц
* Чч
* Шш
* Щщ
* Ъъ
* Ыы
* Ьь
* Ээ
* Юю
* Яя

Other Slavic letters|

* Ґґ
* Ђђ
* Ѓѓ
* Ёё
* Єє
* З́
* Ѕѕ
* Іі
* Її
* Јј
* Љљ
* Њњ
* С́
* Ћћ
* Ќ
* Ўў
* Џџ

Non-Slavic letters|

* А̊
* А̃
* Ӓ̄
* Ӕ
* Ә
* Ә̃
* Ӛ
* В̌
* Ԝ
* Г̌
* Г̊
* Ҕ
* Ғ
* Ӻ
* Ғ̌
* Ғ̊
* Ӷ/Г̡
* Д́
* Д̌
* Д̆
* Ӗ
* Е̃
* Ё̄
* Є̈
* Ԑ
* Җ
* Ӝ
* Ӂ
* Ҙ
* Ӟ
* З̌
* Ӡ
* И̃
* И̇
* Ҋ
* Қ
* Ӄ
* Ҡ
* Ҟ
* Ҝ
* К̊
* Қ̊
* Ԛ
* Л́
* Ӆ
* Ԯ
* Ԓ
* Ӎ
* ᵸ
* Н́
* Ӊ
* Ԩ
* Ң
* Ӈ
* Ҥ
* О̆
* О̃
* Ө
* Ө̄
* Ө̆
* Ӫ
* Ԥ
* Р̌
* Ҏ
* С̌
* Ҫ
* Т́
* Т̌
* Ҭ
* Ᲊ
* У̃
* Ӳ
* У̊
* Ұ
* Ү
* Ү́
* Х̑
* Х̌
* Ҳ
* Ӽ
* Х̊
* Ӿ
* Ӿ̊
* Һ
* Ԧ
* Ҵ
* Ҷ
* Ҷ̣
* Ӵ
* Ӌ
*   * Ҹ
* Ч̇
* Ч̣
* Ҽ
* Ҿ
* Ы̆
* Ы̄
* Ӹ
* Ҍ
* Ҩ
* Э̆
* Э̄
* Э̇
* Ӭ
* Ӭ́
* Ӭ̄
* Ю̆
* Ю̈
* Ю̄
* Я̆
* Я̄
* Ӏ

Slavic archaic letters|

* Ꙣꙣ
* Ꙉꙉ
* Ꙥꙥ
* Ꙧꙧ
* O variants
* Ҁҁ
* Ꙋꙋ
* Ѡѡ
* Ѿ
* Ѣѣ
* Ꙗ
* Ѥ
* Yus
* Ѯѯ
* Ѱѱ
* Ѳѳ
* Ѵѵ

Non-Slavic archaic letters|

* А̨
* Б̣
* Г̧
* Г̄
* Г̆г̆
* Д̨
* Ԁ
* Ԃ
* Ꚁ
*   * Ꚅ
* Ԅ
* Ԇ
* Ꚉꚉ
* Ԫԫ
* Ꚃꚃ
* Ꚕꚕ
* Ј̵
* К̀
* К̄
* К̂
* Ԟ
*   * Ԡ
* Ԉ
* Ԕ
* Ԋ
* Ԣ
*   * Ҧ
*   * Ԗ
* Ԍ
* Ԏ
* Ꚋ
* Ꚍ
* Х̾
* Ꚏ
* Ꚑ
* Ԭ
* Ꚓ
* Ꚗ
* Я̈
* Ԙ
* Ꙟ

Archaic diacritics|

* palatalization mark (◌҄)
* pokrytie (◌҇)
* titlo (◌҃)

Combinatins of Cyrillic letters|

* Digraphs
* Multigraphs

* Glagolitic script
* Cyrillic numerals
* Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic

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