Em (Cyrillic)


Em is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
Em commonly represents the bilabial nasal consonant, like the pronunciation of in "him". Common Glagolitic script is "Ⰿ and Ⱞ"
It is derived from the Greek letter Mu.

Form

The capital Cyrillic letter Em looks the same as the capital Latin letter M but, as with most Cyrillic letters, the lowercase form is simply a smaller version of the uppercase letter.

Usage

As used in the alphabets of various languages, Em represents the following sounds:
The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.
LanguagePosition in
alphabet
Pronunciation
Belarusian14th,
Bulgarian13th,
Macedonian16th
Russian14th,
Serbo-Croatian15th
Ukrainian17th

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