Английская Википедия:Abkhazian Che
Шаблон:Cyrillic alphabet navbox Abkhazian Che (Ҽ ҽ; italics: Ҽ ҽ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1]
Abkhazian Che is used in the alphabet of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the voiceless retroflex affricate Шаблон:IPA. In the alphabet, it is placed between Шаблон:Angbr and Шаблон:Angbr.
Resemblance
The letter only coincidentally resembles a lowercase Latin letter 'e'. Historically, it's the cursive form of the corresponding letter (Файл:Latin capital letter abkhasian Che.svg Файл:Latin small letter abkhasian Che.svg) in the Abkhazian Latin alphabet, where it somewhat resembled a Greek φ.
Cche
Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Cyrillic script navboxCche or Double Che (Ꚇ ꚇ; italics: Ꚇ ꚇ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[2] It was used in the old Abkhaz alphabets, where it represents the voiceless retroflex affricate Шаблон:IPA. The letter was invented by baron Peter von Uslar. In 1862 he published his linguistic study "Абхазский язык".[3] The letter is Ҽ-shaped but in 1887 Uslar's study was reprinted by M. Zavadskiy who changed its shape and the result resembled a Cyrillic Ч doubled.[3] Later the letter returned to its initial form which, created by linguist Uslar, is part of the modern Abkhaz alphabet, which is depicted as Ҽ.
Computing codes
Related characters and other similar characters
- Պ պ : Armenian letter Pe
- ɰ : Voiced velar approximant
- Һ һ : Cyrillic letter Shha
- Ꮒ : Cherokee letter Ni
See also
References
Further reading
- Daniels, Peter D. The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press, 1996.
