I with bowl

Not to be confused with the lowercase letter b, Ƅ, or soft sign.
I with bowl
Ь ь
Due to the absence of a character in Unicode, it cannot be displayed in computer-compatible fonts; in some cases, graphemes similar in style can be used instead.
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originYañalif
Phonetic usage[ɯ]
[ɤ̆]
[ɨ]
History
Development
  • Ь ь
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
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.

Latin yeru[1][2] or I with bowl[3][dubious – discuss] (majuscule: Ь, minuscule: ь)[note 1] is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet based on the Cyrillic soft sign. It was introduced in 1928 into the reformed Yañalif, and later into other alphabets for Soviet minority languages. The letter was designed specifically to represent the non-front close vowel sounds IPA: [ɨ] and IPA: [ɯ].[4] Thus, this letter corresponds to the letter ⟨I ı⟩ in modern Turkic alphabets,[5][6][7][8][9][10] and the letter yery (⟨Ы ы⟩) in Cyrillic.

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  4. ^ W. K. Matthews (2013). Languages of the USSR. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-107-62355-2.
  5. ^ Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا)
  6. ^ Azerbaijani (آذربايجانجا ديلي / Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили)
  7. ^ Karaim (къарай тили, Karay dili, לשון קדר)
  8. ^ Khakas (Хакас тілі / Khakas tîlî)
  9. ^ Kumyk (Къумукъ тил / Qumuq til)
  10. ^ Tuvan (Тыва дыл / Tyva dyl)


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