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| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | [ɵ][u][y] |
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Long U orU with macron (Ӯ ӯ; italics:Ӯ ӯ) is a letter of theCyrillic script,[1] derived from theCyrillic letter U (У у У у).
U with macron is used in the alphabet of theTajik language, where it represents theclose-mid central rounded vowel,/ɵ/. Accordingly, although the letter shape is a modification of⟨У⟩, the only aspect of the sound shared with/u/ is that both are relatively close, rounded vowels.
In 1937, it was also proposed for use in theKarelian Cyrillic alphabet to represent/y/, but was not adopted.
U with macron is used to represent long/u/ inKildin Sami andMansi, two Uralic languages spoken on theKola peninsula (Kildin) and WesternSiberia (Mansi). In these languages, length is distinctive, and the macron is used to mark the long version of all the vowels.
U with macron is also used in theAleut language (Bering dialect).[2] It is the thirty-sixth letter of the modern Aleut alphabet.
U with macron is also used inCarpatho-Rusyn, the only Slavic language to do so. Its sound is close to/y/, or in some dialects,/u/.[3][4]
| Preview | Ӯ | ӯ | ||
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| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1262 | U+04EE | 1263 | U+04EF |
| UTF-8 | 211 174 | D3 AE | 211 175 | D3 AF |
| Numeric character reference | Ӯ | Ӯ | ӯ | ӯ |
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