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The word was never pronounced as /j/, as in yes , though, even when so written. [6] The first printing of the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 used y e for "the" in places such as Job 1:9, John 15:1, and Romans 15:29. [7] It also used y t as an abbreviation for "that", in places such as 2 Corinthians 13:7
In Middle Scots, the character yogh became confused with a cursive z and the early Scots printers often used z when yogh was not available in their fonts. [1] Consequently, some Modern Scots words have a z in place of a yogh—the common surname Menzies was originally written Menȝies (pronounced mingis).
The letter ы is also used in Cyrillic-based alphabets of several Turkic and Mongolic languages (see the list) for a darker vowel . The corresponding letter in Latin-based scripts are ı , I with bowl (Ь ь), and y (in Turkmen). [4] In Tuvan, the Cyrillic letter can be written as a double vowel. [5] [6]
The letter ѧ was adapted to represent the iotated /ja/ я in the middle or end of a word; the modern letter я is an adaptation of its cursive form of the seventeenth century, enshrined by the typographical reform of 1708. Until 1708, the iotated /ja/ was written ꙗ at the beginning of a word.
A modified version of the letter wynn called vend was used briefly in Old Norse for the sounds /u/, /v/, and /w/. The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the classical Latin alphabet 's P , [ 4 ] or Q , [ citation needed ] or from the Rhaetic's alphabet 's W . [ 5 ]
Early specifications for the International Phonetic Alphabet included cursive forms of the letters designed for use in manuscripts and when taking field notes. However, the 1999 Handbook of the International Phonetic Association said: There are cursive forms of IPA symbols, but it is doubtful if these are much in use today.
The reference does not cite this letter and diacritic combination. [citation needed] ʏ 𐞲 Small capital Y IPA /ʏ/ IPA near-close near-front rounded vowel; Superscript form is an IPA superscript letter [7] ꭚ Y with short right leg Teuthonista [4] Swedish Dialect Alphabet: ʎ 𐞠 Turned y IPA /ʎ/
The letter compared with E/e, in fonts Arial, Times New Roman, Cambria, and Gentium Plus. Ǝ ǝ (turned E or reversed E) is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet used in African languages using the Pan-Nigerian alphabet. The minuscule is based on a rotated e and the capital form majuscule Ǝ, based on a reversed (mirrored) majuscule E.