Kje Explained

Script:Cyrillic
Type:Alphabet
Typedesc:ic
Kje (Tje)
Phonemes:[{{IPA link|c}}], [{{IPA link|tɕ}}]
Equivalents:Q q
Letter:Ќ ќ
Language:Macedonian

Kje (ÐŒ Ñœ or Ḱ ḱ; italics:

ÐŒ Ñœ or Ḱ ḱ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used only in the Macedonian alphabet, where it represents the voiceless palatal plosive pronounced as //c//, or the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate pronounced as //tÉ•//.[1] Kje is the 24th letter in this alphabet. It is romanised as (ḱ) or sometimes (Ä·) or (kj).[2]

Words with this sound are most often cognates to those in Serbo-Croatian with (ћ)/(ć) and in Bulgarian with (щ), (т) or (к). For example, Macedonian ноќ (noḱ, night) corresponds to Serbo-Croatian ноћ/noć, and Bulgarian нощ (nosht). The common surname ending -ić is spelled -иќ in Macedonian.

Related letters and other similar characters

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Corbett . Professor Greville . The Slavonic Languages . Comrie . Professor Bernard . September 2003 . Routledge . 978-1-136-86137-6 . en.
  2. Book: Campbell . George L. . The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets . Moseley . Christopher . 2013-05-07 . Routledge . 978-1-135-22296-3 . en.