U with diaeresis (Cyrillic)

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U with diaeresis (Ӱ ӱ; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">Ӱ ӱ ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, derived from the Cyrillic letter U (У у <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">У у ). U with diaeresis is used in the alphabets of the Altai, Khakas, Khanty, Mari and Shor languages, where it represents the close front rounded vowel, the pronunciation of the Ü|Latin letter U with umlaut (Ü ü) in German. It is also used in the Komi-Yodzyak language.

Usage

The Cyrillic U with diaeresis was formally used in the Rusyn language and used in the Cyrillization of Albanian. It is also used in the Russian language in loanwords.

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