Shwe (Ꚗ ꚗ; italics: Ꚗ ꚗ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] It resembles the letter Sha (Ш ш; Ш ш) with a long tail attached to its bottom.
| Shwe | |
|---|---|
| Ꚗ ꚗ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | /ʃʷ/ |
| History | |
| Development | Ш ш
|
| Transliterations | Ş̌ ş̌ |
Shwe is used in an old orthography of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the labialized voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant /ʃʷ/. It corresponds to Шә.[2]
Computing codes
edit| Preview | Ꚗ | ꚗ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHWE | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHWE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 42646 | U+A696 | 42647 | U+A697 |
| UTF-8 | 234 154 150 | EA 9A 96 | 234 154 151 | EA 9A 97 |
| Numeric character reference | Ꚗ | Ꚗ | ꚗ | ꚗ |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Unicode Character "Ꚗ" (U+A696)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ↑ Бгажба, Хухут Соломонович (1967). Из истории письменности в Абхазии. Тбилиси: Мецниереба. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
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