We (Cyrillic)
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We (Ԝ ԝ; italics: ''Ԝ ԝ'') is a letter of the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking co ...
. In all of its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter W (W w ''W w''). We is used in the Cyrillic orthography of the
Kurdish language Kurdish (, ) is a language or a group of languages spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish constitutes a dialect continuum, belonging to Western Iranian languages in the Indo-European languag ...
, in (some versions of the orthography of) the
Yaghnobi language Yaghnobi is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people. It is considered to be a direct descendant of Sogdian and has sometimes been called Neo-Sog ...
and in the
Tundra Yukaghir language The Tundra Yukaghir language (also known as Northern Yukaghir; self-designation: Вадул аруу ()) is one of only two extant Yukaghir languages. Last spoken in the tundra belt extending between the lower Indigirka to the lower Kolyma basin ...
.


Usage

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages. Lowercase We is similar to some forms of Cyrillic Omega in appearance.


Computing codes


See also

* Cyrillic characters in Unicode * Ѡ, a similar-looking letter in archaic Cyrillic texts for /o/ *W w : Latin letter W *Ў ў : Cyrillic letter Ў, another letter romanized as "W"


References

{{cite web , url=http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0500.pdf , title=Cyrillic Supplement: Range: 0500–052F , work=The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 , page=45 , access-date=2011-05-23