Dwe (Cyrillic)

Dwe
Dwe
Ꚁ ꚁ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Abkhaz
Sound values	[dʷ]
History
Time period	1862-1925
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Dwe (Ꚁ ꚁ; italics: Ꚁ ꚁ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It has a protruding vertical stroke (upturn), as with the Cyrillic Ghe with upturn (Ґ ґ Ґ ґ), in the upper left corner of the Cyrillic De (Д д Д д).^[1]

Usage

Dwe was used in the old Cyrillic alphabet for the Abkhaz language, where it represented a labialized voiced alveolar stop /dʷ/^ⓘ, like the pronunciation of ⟨dw⟩ in "dwarf". It corresponds to Дә in the new alphabet.

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	Ꚁ		ꚁ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DWE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DWE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	42624	U+A680	42625	U+A681
UTF-8	234 154 128	EA 9A 80	234 154 129	EA 9A 81
Numeric character reference	Ꚁ	Ꚁ	ꚁ	ꚁ