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Also known as dze, zelo, ds
Dze (Ѕ ѕ; italics: Ѕ ѕ or Ѕ ѕ; italics: Ѕ ѕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Macedonian alphabet to represent the voiced alveolar affricate , similar to the pronunciation of in "needs" or "kids" in English. It is derived from the letter dzelo or zelo of the Early Cyrillic alphabet, and it was used historically in all Slavic languages that use Cyrillic.
Ѕ/ѕ is a letter in the Cyrillic script used in the Macedonian alphabet to represent a sound similar to the "ds" in English words like "needs" or "kids." Historically, this letter was used across various Slavic languages that employ the Cyrillic alphabet, though it is now primarily associated with Macedonian.
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Key facts
- Grapheme.letter
- Ѕ ѕ
- Grapheme.script
- Cyrillic
- Grapheme.type
- Alphabet
- Grapheme.typedesc
- ic
- Grapheme.name
- Dze, (Early Cyrillic alphabet)
- Grapheme.image
- Cyrillic letter Dze - uppercase and lowercase.svg
- Grapheme.imageclass
- skin-invert-image
- Grapheme.phonemes
- [], []
- Grapheme.number
- 6 (Cyrillic numerals)
- Grapheme.fam1
- Ϛ ϛ or Ϝ ϝ
- Grapheme.language
- Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian language
- Grapheme.usageperiod
- –19th century, 1944–present
- Grapheme.variations
- Ꙃ ꙃ, Ꙅ ꙅ
- Grapheme.equivalents
- Ẑ ẑ
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