Je (Ј ј; italics:
Ј ј) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, taken over from the Latin letter J.[1]It commonly represents the palatal approximant pronounced as //j//, like the pronunciation of (j) in "hallelujah".
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,[2] and the final choice also notably edged out another expected candidate, й, used in every other standard Slavic-language Cyrillic script.
An asterisk (*) means the language does not use the letter in its orthography anymore.
| Language | pronunciation | notes |
|---|---|---|
| voiced palatal plosive pronounced as //ɟ~dʒ// | ||
| pronounced as //j// | corresponds to (y) in the official Latin alphabet. | |
| the letter Short I with tail (Ҋ ҋ) is also used. | ||
| pronounced as //j// | Prior to the development of the Macedonian alphabet in 1944–45, Macedonian authors used either І і or Й й. | |
| pronounced as //j// | ||
| Ossetian | pronounced as //j// | used in the original (pre-1923) Cyrillic orthography. |
| pronounced as //j// | 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. | |