Ǯ

{{short description|Letter of the Latin alphabet}}

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{{Infobox grapheme

| type = alphabet

| typedesc = ic

| script = Latin script

| language = Skolt Sámi, Laz language

| letter = Ǯ ǯ

| image = File:Эж з гачкам.png

| imageclass = skin-invert-image

| name = Ezh with caron

| fam1 = Z4

| fam2 = File:Proto-semiticZ-01.svg

| fam3 = File:Protozayn.svg

| fam4 = File:Phoenician zayin.svg

| fam5 = Image:PhoenicianZ-01.svg

| fam6 = Ζ ζ

| fam7 = 𐌆

| fam8 = Z z

| phonemes = {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}, {{IPAblink|t͡sʼ}}

| unicode = U+01EE U+01EF

| alphanumber = 7th (Skolt Sámi), 35th (Laz)

| equivalents =

| variations = Ʒ̆ ʒ̆

| usageperiod = 1984-present (Laz), 1973-present (Skolt Sámi)

}}

Ǯ (minuscule: ǯ) is a modified letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from ezh (ʒ) with the addition of a caron.

In the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the sound {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}.

Following its UPA usage, it was adopted in the Skolt Sami{{cite web | last1=Duolljá | first1=Svenn-Egil Knutsen|last2=Gaski|first2=Harald|last3=Theil|first3=Rolf | title=samisk – Store norske leksikon | website=Store norske leksikon | date=2024-01-23 | url=https://snl.no/samisk | language=no | access-date=2024-02-04}} alphabet for the same value. It typically appears doubled, where it represents a geminate {{IPA|/d͡ʒ/}}. e.g. viǯǯâd "to fetch". The letter is also used in Laz, where it represents {{IPAblink|t͡sʼ}}. Until 2007 it was also used by Olonets Karelian language.