Ұ

Kazakh Short U

Kazakh Short U

Cyrillic letter used for /ʊ/ in Kazakh


Kazakh Uo or Straight U with stroke ұ; italics: Ұ ұ), is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] In Unicode, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke".[1] Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue ү Ү ү) with a horizontal stroke through it.

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Collage of two street signs in Kazakh, both featuring the letter Ұ

Usage

Kazakh Short U is used only in the alphabet of the Kazakh language,[1] where it represents the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/.[2] In other circumstances, it is used as a replacement for the former letter[clarification needed] to represent the close front rounded vowel /y/ in situations where it would be easily confused with Cyrillic У у.[citation needed] It is romanized as ū in Kazakh (2021 reform).

Unicode

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See also


References

  1. "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  2. Wagner, John Doyle; Dotton, Zura. A Grammar of Kazakh (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on Mar 26, 2023.



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