Zhje or Zhe with descender (Җ җ; italics: Җ җ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж).
Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan, Kalmyk, Tatar and Turkmen languages.
Language | Pronunciation | Romanization |
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Dungan | /tʂ/ voiceless retroflex affricate /tɕ/ voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate |
zh |
Kalmyk | /dʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate | dzh, j |
Tatar | /dʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal affricate /ʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative |
c |
Turkmen | /dʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate | j |