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Yn
Ꙟ ꙟ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originRomanian Cyrillic
Sound values[ɨn], [ɨm], [ɨ]
In UnicodeU+A65E, U+A65F
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Yn (Ꙟ ꙟ) is an archaic Cyrillic letter. It was an innovation entirely unique to the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, not appearing in any other Cyrillic alphabet. It was derived from the Cyrillic glyph big yus.[1]

It was used in the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, where it represented the sounds [ɨn], [ɨm], and [ɨ] at the beginning of words.[2] In the modern Romanian alphabet it is replaced by ⟨în⟩, ⟨îm⟩, or ⟨î⟩.

It was used interchangeably with big yus up until the years 1683-1688 when it began to only be used in word initial position.[1]

Computing codes

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Character information
PreviewꙞꙟ
Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YNCYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YN
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode42590U+A65E42591U+A65F
UTF-8234 153 158EA 99 9E234 153 159EA 99 9F
Numeric character referenceꙞꙞꙟꙟ

As few fonts contain the appropriate glyphs, the Upwards Arrow (↑) is sometimes substituted. The notable fonts that have included this glyph are FreeSerif and Segoe UI (since Windows 8).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Romulus, Ionașcu (1894). Sistemele ortografice cu litere chirilice și latine în scrierea limbei române [The orthographical systems of Romanian writing in Cyrillic and Latin letters] (in Romanian). p. 12.
  2. ^ "Proposal to encode additional Cyrillic characters in the BMP of the UCS" (PDF). Unicode Consortium. 9 January 2007.
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    Yn
    Ꙟ ꙟ
    Usage
    Writing systemCyrillic
    TypeAlphabetic
    Language of originRomanian Cyrillic
    Sound values[ɨn], [ɨm], [ɨ]
    In UnicodeU+A65E, U+A65F
    This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

    Yn (Ꙟ ꙟ) is an archaic Cyrillic letter. It was an innovation entirely unique to the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, not appearing in any other Cyrillic alphabet. It was derived from the Cyrillic glyph big yus.[1]

    It was used in the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, where it represented the sounds [ɨn], [ɨm], and [ɨ] at the beginning of words.[2] In the modern Romanian alphabet it is replaced by ⟨în⟩, ⟨îm⟩, or ⟨î⟩.

    It was used interchangeably with big yus up until the years 1683-1688 when it began to only be used in word initial position.[1]

    Computing codes

    Character information
    PreviewꙞꙟ
    Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YNCYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YN
    Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
    Unicode42590U+A65E42591U+A65F
    UTF-8234 153 158EA 99 9E234 153 159EA 99 9F
    Numeric character referenceꙞꙞꙟꙟ

    As few fonts contain the appropriate glyphs, the Upwards Arrow (↑) is sometimes substituted. The notable fonts that have included this glyph are FreeSerif and Segoe UI (since Windows 8).

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b Romulus, Ionașcu (1894). Sistemele ortografice cu litere chirilice și latine în scrierea limbei române [The orthographical systems of Romanian writing in Cyrillic and Latin letters] (in Romanian). p. 12.
    2. ^ "Proposal to encode additional Cyrillic characters in the BMP of the UCS" (PDF). Unicode Consortium. 9 January 2007.
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