A with diaeresis (Cyrillic)


A with diaeresis is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In all its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter A with diaeresis.
It is used in the Khanty, Kildin Sami, and Hill [Mari language|Hill Mari] languages. Also, this letter was once used in the Gagauz language.
It was used in the Bashkir language at the end of the 19th century. It corresponds to the Cyrillic letter schwa in modern Bashkir.
This letter also appears in Bulgarian and Serbian in some of its dialects.

Usage

In Hill Mari and Gagauz this letter represents the near-open front unrounded vowel,.
In Kildin Sami this letter represents the open back unrounded vowel following a palatalized velar nasal or one of the alveolar stops or.
In Khanty this letter represents the near-open central vowel.
Some languages represent as, like in letter "Я".
A with diaeresis is used in some South Slavic languages, mainly in the Bulgarian and Serbian language to be used for easily shifting the accents in the above languages not only in declensions but elsewhere: брӓт or млāдä.

Computing codes

Related characters