Je (Ј ј; italics: Ј ј) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, taken over from the Latin letter J.Maretić, Tomislav. Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika. 1899.
It commonly represents the palatal approximant , like the pronunciation of in "hallelujah".
History The Cyrillic letter ј was introduced in the 1818 Serbian dictionary of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, on the basis of the Latin letter J. Karadžić had previously used ї instead for the same sound, a usage he took from Dositej Obradović,Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović. Pismenica serbskoga iezika, po govoru prostoga narod’a, 1814. and the final choice also notably edged out another expected candidate, й, used in every other standard Slavic-language Cyrillic script.
Usage An asterisk (*) means the language does not use the letter in its writing anymore.
Language pronunciation notes Altai voiced palatal plosive Azerbaijani corresponds to in the official Latin alphabet. Kildin Sami voiceless palatal approximant the letter Short I with tail (Ҋ ҋ) is also used. Macedonian Prior to the development of the Macedonian alphabet in 1944–45, Macedonian authors used either І і or Й й. Orok Ossetian* used in the original (pre-1923) Cyrillic orthography. Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic) in Vuk Karadžić's alphabet, the letter Je replaced the traditional letter Short I (Й й), which invited accusations of submission to the Latin script and Catholic Church (in Austria) from the Orthodox clergy. Suret* Used in the Cyrillic script created during the USSR's Cyrillization program of the 1930s to 1950s.
Related letters and other similar characters Е е : Cyrillic letter Ye Й й : Cyrillic letter Short I І і : Cyrillic letter Dotted I Ҋ ҋ : Cyrillic letter Short I with tail , : Cyrillic letter Je with belt J j : Latin letter J Y y : Latin letter Y
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