J̌

{{short description|Latin letter J with caron}}

{{Infobox grapheme

|name=J with caron

|letter=J̌ ǰ

|variations=ǰ, ĵ, ɉ, ʝ, j̇̃

|script=Latin script

|type=Alphabet

|image=Latin letter J with caron.svg

|imageclass=skin-invert-image

|imagesize=200px

|imagealt=J with caron in Doulos SIL

}}

J̌ (minuscule: ǰ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from J with the addition of a caron (háček). It is used in some phonetic transcription schemes, e.g. ISO 9, to represent the sound {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}. It is also used in the Latin scripts or in the romanization of various Iranian and Pamir languages (Avestan, Pashto, Yaghnobi, and others), Armenian, Georgian, Berber/Tuareg, and Classical Mongolian.{{cite web|title=Transliteration Systems for Uyghur-Mongolian or Vertical or Old Script|url=https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/wiki/tibetan-script/Transliteration%20Schemes%20for%20Mongolian%20Vertical%20Script.html|publisher=Tibetan and Himalayan Library}} The letter was invented by Lepsius in his Standard Alphabet on the model of š and ž to avoid the confusion caused by the ambiguous pronunciation of the letter j in European languages.

{{cite book|last=Lepsius|first=Richard|title=Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in European Letters|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LZsOAAAAYAAJ|year=1863|publisher=Williams & Norgate|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LZsOAAAAYAAJ/page/n29 10]}}