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Zhwe

Zhwe (Ꚅ&nbsp;ꚅ; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif, sans-serif; font-size: larger">Ꚅ&nbsp;ꚅ</span>) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The shape of the letter originated as a ligature of the Cyrillic letters Ze (З&nbsp;з;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">З&nbsp;з</span>) and Zhe (Ж&nbsp;ж;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">Ж&nbsp;ж</span>).

Zhwe was used in the Abkhaz language where it represented the labialized voiced palato-alveolar sibilant . This was replaced by the digraph Жә. There is also a letter called Zhwe with breve. (Ꚅ꙼ ꚅ꙼ italics Ꚅ꙼ ꚅ꙼) This letter was also in the old Abkhaz language, representing the Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative. This was replaced by the digraph Жь.

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