Je (Cyrillic)

Je (Ј&nbsp;ј; italics: <span style="font-family: times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: larger">Ј&nbsp;ј</span>) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, taken over from the Latin letter J.

It commonly represents the palatal approximant , like the pronunciation of in "hallelujah".

History

The Cyrillic letter ј was introduced in the 1818 Serbian dictionary of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, on the basis of the Latin letter J. Karadžić had previously used ї instead for the same sound, a usage he took from Dositej Obradović, and the final choice also notably edged out another expected candidate, й, used in every other standard Slavic-language Cyrillic script.

Usage

An asterisk (*) means the language does not use the letter in its writing anymore.

Related letters and other similar characters

• Е е : Cyrillic letter Ye
• Й й : Cyrillic letter Short I
• І і : Cyrillic letter Dotted I
• Ҋ ҋ : Cyrillic letter Short I with tail
• , : Cyrillic letter Je with belt
• J j : Latin letter J
• Y y : Latin letter Y

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