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Yn
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values[ɨn], [ɨm], [ɨ]
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Yn (Ꙟ ꙟ) is an archaic Cyrillic letter. It was an innovation entirely unique to the Romanian cyrilic alphabet, not appearing in any other script. It was derived from the Cyrillic glyph big yus.[1]

It was used in the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, where it represented the sounds [ɨn], [ɨm], and [ɨ] at the beginning of words.[2] In the modern Romanian alphabet it is replaced by ⟨în⟩, ⟨îm⟩, or ⟨î⟩.

It was used interchangeably with big yus up until the years 1683-1688 when it began to only be used in word initial position.[1]

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YN CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YN
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 42590 U+A65E 42591 U+A65F
UTF-8 234 153 158 EA 99 9E 234 153 159 EA 99 9F
Numeric character reference Ꙟ Ꙟ ꙟ ꙟ

As few fonts contain the appropriate glyphs, the Upwards Arrow (↑) is sometimes substituted. The notable fonts that have included this glyph are FreeSerif and Segoe UI (since Windows 8).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Romulus, Ionașcu (1894). Sistemele ortografice cu litere chirilice și latine în scrierea limbei române [The orthographical systems of Romanian writing in Cyrillic and Latin letters] (in Romanian). p. 12.
  2. ^ "Proposal to encode additional Cyrillic characters in the BMP of the UCS" (PDF). Unicode Consortium. 9 January 2007.