Char (Cyrillic)

Char ( ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script which was historically used in four Northeast Caucasian languages using Peter von Uslar's alphabets. It was derived from the Georgian Mkhedruli letter Ch'ari (ჭ). It is romanized as Ċh for Dargwa and Lezgian, the languages in which it was formerly used. In 2022, the letter's capital and small versions were among 23 characters proposed for addition to the Unicode standard.

Usage

Char was used in the following languages:

• Lezgian
• Dargwa
• Tabasaran
• Avar

Gallery

See also

• Cyrillic script

References