Twe (Ꚍ ꚍ; italics: Ꚍ ꚍ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its glyph is derived from a lowercase Greek Tau.[1]

Twe
Ꚍ ꚍ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/tʷ/
History
Development
Τ τ[1]
  • Ꚍ ꚍ
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.

Twe was used in old Abkhaz and in old Ossetian.

Usage

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In Abkhaz, it represents the labialized voiceless alveolar plosive /tʷ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨tw⟩ in "twin".[citation needed] It corresponds to the digraph Тә.[clarification needed]

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TWE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TWE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 42636 U+A68C 42637 U+A68D
UTF-8 234 154 140 EA 9A 8C 234 154 141 EA 9A 8D
Numeric character reference Ꚍ Ꚍ ꚍ ꚍ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bgazhba, Khukhut Solomonovich (1967). Из истории письменности в Абхазии [From the History of Writing in Abkhazia] (PDF) (in Russian). Tbilisi: Мецниереба. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.