Abkhazian Che

{{infobox grapheme

| script = Cyrillic

| type = Alphabet

| typedesc = ic

| name = Abkhazian Che

| image = Cyrillic letter Abkhazian Che.svg

| imagesize = 170px

| imagealt =

| phonemes = {{IPA|/ʈʂ/}}

| number =

| fam1 =

| variations = Ꚇ ꚇ

| letter = Ҽ ҽ

}}

Abkhazian Che (Ҽ ҽ; italics: Ҽ ҽ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.

Abkhazian Che is used in the alphabet of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the voiceless retroflex affricate {{IPA|/ʈʂ/}}. In the alphabet, it is placed between {{angbr|Ҷ}} and {{angbr|Ҿ}}.

Resemblance

The letter only coincidentally resembles a lowercase Latin letter e. Historically, it is the cursive form of the corresponding letter (14x14px 11x11px) in the Abkhazian Latin alphabet, where it somewhat resembled a Greek φ.

Cche

{{distinguish|text=Velar approximant ɰ or the Armenian letter պ}}

File:Cyrillic letter Cche.svgCche or Double Che (Ꚇ ꚇ; italics: Ꚇ ꚇ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UA640.pdf |title=Cyrillic Extended-B: Range: A640–A69F |work=The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 |year=2010 |publisher=Unicode Inc |page=998 |access-date=31 October 2011 }} It was used in the old Abkhaz alphabets, where it represents the voiceless retroflex affricate {{IPA|/ʈ͡ʂ/}}. The letter was invented by baron Peter von Uslar. In 1862 he published his linguistic study "Абхазский язык".{{Cite web |title=404 Not Found |url=https://www.unicode.org/udhr/n/abk/bgazhba.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615132724/https://www.unicode.org/udhr/n/abk/bgazhba.pdf |archive-date=June 15, 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2023}} The letter is Ҽ-shaped but in 1887 Uslar's study was reprinted by M. Zavadskiy who changed its shape and the result resembled a Cyrillic Ч doubled. Later the letter returned to its initial form which, created by linguist Uslar, is part of the modern Abkhaz alphabet, which is depicted as Ҽ.

Computing codes

{{charmap

|04BC|name1=Cyrillic Capital Letter
Abkhasian Che

|04BD|name2=Cyrillic Small Letter
Abkhasian Che

|A686|name3=Cyrillic Capital Letter Cche

|A687|name4=Cyrillic Small Letter Cche

}}

Related characters and other similar characters

Պ պ : Armenian letter Pe
ɰ : Voiced velar approximant

References

{{cite web |url=http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf |title=Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF |work=The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 |year=2010 |page=42 |access-date=2011-05-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513234533/http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf| archive-date= 13 May 2011 | url-status= live}}