Short U (Cyrillic)

Ў (lowercase ў, also known as a short U) is the twenty-second letter of the Belarusian alphabet, consisting of a У with Breve. His counterpart in the Belarusian Latin alphabet is UU. Phonetically, it displays a consonantal u - comparable to the Polish ł or w in English. Etymologically it is at positions where v and l is in other Slavic languages.

In the Uzbek language, this character was also used until the introduction of the Latin alphabet in the 1990s where it represented the unrounded semi-closed back vowel / ɤ /. In the Latin alphabet, the ў was replaced o (Example: Ўзбекистон → Ozbekiston ). Also in use was ў in the karakalpakischen language, where the labialized voiced velar approximant / w / and is represented in the Lateinschreift replaced by w.

Examples

Slavonic letters

Аа Бб Вв Гг Ґґ Ѓѓ Дд Ђђ Ее Ѐ ѐ Ёё Єє Жж Зз Ѕѕ Ии Ѝ ѝ Іі Її Йй Јј Кк Ќќ Лл Љљ Мм

Нн Њњ Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Ћћ Уу Ўў Фф Хх Цц Чч Џџ Шш Щщ Ъъ Ыы Ьь Ээ Юю Яя

Not Slavonic letters

Ӑӑ Ӓӓ Әә Ӛӛ Ӕӕ Ғғ Ӷ ӷ Ӻ ӻ Ԁԁ Ԃԃ Ҕҕ Ӗӗ Ҽҽ Ҿҿ Ӂӂ Җҗ Ӝӝ Ҙҙ Ӟӟ ​​Ԑԑ Ӡӡ Ԅԅ Ԇԇ

Ӥӥ Ӣӣ Ӏ ӏ Ҋ ҋ Ққ Ҟҟ Ҡҡ Ӄӄ Ҝҝ Ԟԟ Ԛԛ Ӆ ӆ Ԉԉ Ԓԓ Ӎ ӎ Ҥҥ Ңң Ӊ ӊ Ӈӈ Ԋԋ Ӧӧ Өө Ӫӫ Ҩҩ

Ҧҧ Ҏ ҏ Ҫҫ Ԍԍ Ҭҭ Ԏԏ Ӳӳ Ӱӱ Ӯӯ Үү Ұұ Ҳҳ Ӽ ӽ Ӿ ӿ Һһ Ҵҵ Ӵӵ Ҷҷ Ӌӌ Ҹҹ Ӹӹ Ҍ ҍ Ӭ ӭ

Altkyrillische letters

Ҁҁ Ѹѹ Ѡѡ Ѿѿ Ѻѻ Ѣѣ Ꙗ ꙗ Ѥѥ Ꙓ ꙓ Ѧѧ Ѩѩ Ѫѫ Ѭѭ Ѯѯ Ѱѱ Ѳѳ Ѵѵ Ѷѷ Ꙟ ꙟ

• Cyrillic letter