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Cyrillic letter Schwa

Cyrillic alphabet
А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Ѓ	Д
Ђ	Е	Ё	Є	Ж	З	Ѕ
И	І	Ї	Й	Ј	К	Ќ
Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ	О	П
Р	С	Т	Ћ	У	Ў	Ф
Х	Ц	Ч	Џ	Ш	Щ	Ъ
Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Non-Slavic Letters
Ӑ	Ӓ	Ә	Ӕ	Ҕ	Ғ	Ӏ
Ӂ	Җ	Ӝ	Ҙ	Ӟ	Ӡ	Ӥ
Ӗ	Ҡ	Қ	Ӄ	Ҟ	Ҝ	Ң
Ӈ	Ҥ	Ө	Ӧ	Ҧ	Ҫ	Ҷ
Ӵ	Ҹ	Ҽ	Ҿ	Ҩ	Ҳ	Һ
Ҭ	Ҵ	Ӱ	Ӳ	Ӯ	Ү	Ұ
Ӹ
Archaic letters
Ҁ	Ѹ	Ѡ	Ѿ	Ѻ	Ѣ	ІА
Ѥ	Ѧ	Ѫ	Ѩ	Ѭ	Ѯ	Ѱ
Ѳ	Ѵ	Ѷ

Cyrillic schwa (Ә, ә) is a Cyrillic letter. It is currently used in Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar and other languages of the ex-USSR. It was also used in Azeri, and Turkmenian, before those languages switched to the Latin alphabet. It is also used in Latin alphabet (which is not in common use) of Tatar. Image File history File links Cyrillic letter Schwa with rules. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... A (Ð, Ð°) is the first letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Be (Б, б) is the second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Ve (В, в) is the third letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the sound [v]. In Russian, it is pronounced [f] at the end of a word. ... Ge or He (Ð“, Ð³) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing or in different languages. ... Ghe (Ò, Ò‘, also called ge with upturn) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet pronounced like the G in go. Originally part of the Ukrainian and Belarusian alphabets, its function was replaced by the letter Ge (Ð“) in the Soviet Union after 1933. ... Gje (Ðƒ, Ñ“) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language and sometimes equivalent to Ñ’, mainly in Serbian words. ... De (Ð”, Ð´) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Dje, or Djerv (Ð‚, Ñ’) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian language to represent the sound , a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate. ... Ye, or E (Е, е), is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Yo (Ð, Ñ‘) is the seventh letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, invented to replace the recklessly confused Ðµ and o for soft o relatively soon after the introduction of the Civil alphabet. ... Ye (Ð„, Ñ”) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Ukrainian language to represent the iotated vowel sound /je/. Categories: Cyrillic letters | Writing system stubs ... Zhe (Ð–, Ð¶) is the letter of Cyrillic alphabet which represents the voiced postalveolar fricative (listen), similar to the s in the English word treasure. Zhe is the 7th letter of the Bulgarian and Belarusian alphabets, the 8th letter in the Macedonian, Russian and Serbian alphabets, and the 9th in the Ukrainian... Ze (З, з) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /z/. Its easily confusable with the number 3, for example the stages of the N1 rocket. ... Dze (Ð…, Ñ•) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language; it is, however, much older and is found in the original Slavonic alphabet. ... I or Y (Ð˜, Ð¸) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, pronounced in Russian, or in Ukrainian. ... I (Ð†, Ñ–) (also called decimal I, or dotted I) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Belarusian and Ukrainian languages. ... Yi (Ї, ї) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Ukrainian language. ... Й, й (Short I) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Je (Ðˆ, Ñ˜) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian and Macedonian languages. ... Ka (Ðš, Ðº) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Kje (Ќ, ќ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language. ... El (Л, л) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... The Cyrillic letter lje (Љ, љ) was originally a ligature of Л and Ь. It is used in the Serbian language. ... Em (М, м) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /m/. Code positions This article is a substub, the first step on the way to becoming a full article. ... En (Ð, Ð½) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /n/. It looks exactly like the Latin capital letter H. Categories: Cyrillic letters | Writing system stubs ... The Cyrillic letter Nje (Њ, њ) was originally a ligature of Н and Ь. It is used in the Serbian language, where it represents a voiced palatal nasal. ... O (О, о) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /o/. Categories: Cyrillic letters | Substubs ... Pe (ÐŸ, Ð¿) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant /p/. It arose directly from the Greek letter Pi (Î , Ï€). The shape of capital printed Pe can be described as a square with the bottom line missing, not to be confused with El (Cyrillic), which has a curved left. ... Er (Р, р) is the eighteenth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Es (С, с) is the nineteenth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Te (Т, т) is the letter representing the consonant /t/ in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Tshe (Ð‹, Ñ›) is 23rd letter of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. ... U (У, у) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /u/. Categories: Cyrillic letters | Substubs ... Short U (ÐŽ, Ñž) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the short semivowel in the Belarusian language, pronounced similarly to W in English. ... The acronym EF can refer to multiple things: In physics, an electric field In environmentalism, the Earth First! movement This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Kha, or Ha, (Х, х) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the voiceless velar fricative /x/ (pronounced like the ch in German Bach). It is derived from the greek letter chi. ... Tse (Ð¦, Ñ†) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Che (Ч, ч) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant cluster /tS/ or /tS/ (like the ch in change). Categories: Cyrillic letters | Stub ... Dzhe (Џ, џ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian and Serbian languages. ... Sha (Ð¨, Ñˆ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant sound /Êƒ/ or /ÊƒÊ²/. This is equivalent to sh in English, ch in French, sch in German, ÅŸ in Turkish, or sz in Polish. ... Shcha or Shta (Ð©, Ñ‰) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant // or // in Russian, // or // in Ukrainian, and the consonant // in Bulgarian. ... The letter (Ðª, ÑŠ) of the Cyrillic alphabet is known as the hard sign (Ñ‚Ð²Ñ‘Ñ€Ð´Ñ‹Ð¹ Ð·Ð½Ð°Ðº ) in the modern Russian alphabet and as er golyam (ÐµÑ€ Ð³Ð¾Ð»ÑÐ¼, big yer) in the Bulgarian alphabet. ... Yery (Ð«, Ñ‹) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Soft Sign (Ð¬, ÑŒ) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet (Russian: Ð¼ÑÐ³ÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð·Ð½Ð°Ðº (mÄahkiy znak) [], Ukrainian: Ð¼â€™ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð·Ð½Ð°Ðº (miakyy znak) [], Belarusian: Ð¼ÑÐºÐºÑ– Ð·Ð½Ð°Ðº (miakki znak) []). It is named so because it usually indicates softening, or palatalization, of the preceding consonant or of the group of them. ... E or E Oborotnoye (Ð, Ñ) is a letter of the Russian alphabet, representing the non-iotated vowel, IPA: or ). Code positions See also Glagolitic alphabet Categories: | ... Yu (Ю, ю) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the iotated vowel /ju/. In common with many Cyrillic letters, it was derived from a digraph, being a ligature of Izhe (then І) or Izhei (then Н, both now И) and Uk (Ѹ, no longer in the alphabet). ... Ya (Ð¯, Ñ) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the iotated vowel (IPA). ... The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia. ... The Cyrillic letter Ge stroke or Ayn (in Kazakh) (Ò’,Ò“) is a Ð“ with a horizontal stroke. ... Palochka (Ӏ) (ru: па́лочка, a stick) is a letter added to the Cyrillic alphabet when used in writing several Caucasian languages, such as Abaza, Adyghe, Avar, Chechen, Dargwa, Ingush, Kabardian, Lak, Lezgian and Tabassaran. ... The Cyrillic letter Zhje Ò– (lowercase: Ò—, Unicode name: CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE WITH DESCENDER and CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE WITH DESCENDER) is used as a letter in the Tatar, Kalmyk and Dungan alphabets. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Ò˜ (Dhe, like in English this) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Bashkir language. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Ò (Qa) is a Cyrillic letter used in the Bashkir language. ... The Cyrillic letter K descender or Qaf (in Kazakh (Òš,Ò›) is a Ðš with a descender. ... The Cyrillic letter N descender or Ng (in Kazakh) (Ò¢, Ò£) is an Ð with a descender. ... The Cyrillic letter Barred O or Ã– (Ó¨, Ó©) is an O with a horizontal line through it. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... He (Òº,Ò») /h/ is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet used in Azerbaijani language, Tatar language, Kalmyk language and Bashkir language. ... The Cyrillic letter Straight U or Hamza + Waw with Damma (Ò®, Ò¯) (in Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir languages, and many other) is a straight form of the Cyrillic letter Ð£. It is used to represent the close front rounded vowel /y/. Though the letter resembles the Latin letter Y in its uppercase form, the... The Cyrillic letter Straight U with stroke or Waw with Damma (in Kazakh) (Ò°, Ò±) is a straight Cyrillic Ð£ with a horizontal line through it. ... The Early Cyrillic alphabet was a writing system developed in Bulgaria during the 10th century A.D. for the writing of Old Church Slavonic. ... The letter koppa in the Early Cyrillic alphabet Koppa (Ò€, Ò) is an archaic letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, originally derived from the Greek letter Qoppa. ... Uk (, ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet. ... Omega (Ѡ, ѡ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, descended from the Greek Omega (Ω, ω). ... Ot (Ñ¾, Ñ¿) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, a ligature of the letters Omega and Te. ... Round Omega (Ñº, Ñ») is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, descended from the Greek Omega. ... Yat or Jat (, ) is the 32nd letter of the old Cyrillic alphabet and name of the sound represented by it. ... Ya (Ð¯, Ñ) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the iotated vowel (IPA). ... E iotified (Ѥ, ѥ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet. ... Little Yus (, ) and Big Yus (, ), or Jus, are the letters representing two Common Slavonic nasal vowels, in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. ... Little Yus (, ) and Big Yus (, ), or Jus, are the letters representing two Common Slavonic nasal vowels, in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. ... Little Yus (, ) and Big Yus (, ), or Jus, are the letters representing two Common Slavonic nasal vowels, in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. ... Little Yus (, ) and Big Yus (, ), or Jus, are the letters representing two Common Slavonic nasal vowels, in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. ... Ksi (Ñ®, Ñ¯) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, descended from the Greek letter Xi. ... Psi (Ñ°, Ñ±) is a letter in the early Cyrillic alphabet, derived from the Greek letter psi (Î¨, Ïˆ). It represents the sound /ps/, as in English naps, and was used largely in loan words from foreign languages. ... Fita (Ѳ, ѳ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, descended from the Greek Theta. ... Izhitsa (Ñ´, Ñµ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet. ... Izhitsa (Ѵ, ѵ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Kazak, also Kazakh and Qazaq (ÒšÐ°Ð·Ð°Ò› Ñ‚Ñ–Ð»Ñ–, Qazaq tilÃ®) is a Turkic language with ISO 639 codes of kaz and kk. ... The Bashkirs, a Turkic people, live in Russia, mostly in the republic of Bashkortostan. ... Two versions of the Tatar alphabet are currently used for the Tatar language. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Turkmen (Туркмен, ISO 639-1: tk, ISO 639-2: tuk) is the name of the national language of Turkmenistan. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... The Tatar language (Tatar tele, TatarÃ§a, Ð¢Ð°Ñ‚Ð°Ñ€ Ñ‚ÐµÐ»Ðµ, Ð¢Ð°Ñ‚Ð°Ñ€Ñ‡Ð°) is a Turkic language belonging to the Altaic branch of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. ...

Ә is often transliterated into the latin alphabet as Ä.

In all Cyrillic alphabets it presented the vowel sound /æ/, because the same sound was presented by the latin letter Schwa in Janalif, the pan-Turkic alphabet, before all languages that used them were switched to Latin. Vowels Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel. ... Vowels Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel. ... Jaŋalif or Yañalif /yang-a-LEEF/ (Tatar: new alphabet - yaña älif -> yañalif), was the first Latin writing system was used in the Soviet epoch Tatar language in 1930s. ... Uniform Turkic Alphabet was a Latin based alphabet used by the most of non-Slavic peoples of USSR in 1930s, common for all peoples. ...

A schwa-umlaut symbol is also used, encoded in Unicode at U+04da Cyrillic capital letter schwa with diaeresis and U+04db Cyrillic small letter schwa with diaeresis and showing in your browser as Ӛ ӛ. Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Majuscules or capital letters (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. ... In linguistics, a, diaeresis, or dieresis (AE) (from Greek (diaerein), to divide) is the modification of a syllable by distinctly pronouncing one of its vowels. ... Minuscule, or lower case, is the smaller form (case) of letters (in the Roman alphabet: a, b, c, ...). Originally alphabets were written entirely in majuscule (capital) letters which were spaced between well-defined upper and lower bounds. ...

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