Ye (Cyrillic)
| Cyrillic alphabet | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Д | Ђ |
| Ѓ | Е | Ѐ | Ё | Є | Ж | З |
| Ѕ | И | Ѝ | І | Ї | Й | Ј |
| К | Л | Љ | М | Н | Њ | О |
| П | Р | С | Т | Ћ | Ќ | У |
| Ў | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ | Ш |
| Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я |
| Non-Slavic letters | ||||||
| Ӑ | Ӓ | Ә | Ӛ | Ӕ | Ғ | Ҕ |
| Ӻ | Ӷ | Ԁ | Ԃ | Ӗ | Ӂ | Җ |
| Ӝ | Ԅ | Ҙ | Ӟ | Ԑ | Ӡ | Ԇ |
| Ӣ | Ҋ | Ӥ | Қ | Ӄ | Ҡ | Ҟ |
| Ҝ | Ԟ | Ԛ | Ӆ | Ԓ | Ԡ | Ԉ |
| Ԕ | Ӎ | Ӊ | Ң | Ӈ | Ҥ | Ԣ |
| Ԋ | Ӧ | Ө | Ӫ | Ҩ | Ҧ | Ҏ |
| Ԗ | Ҫ | Ԍ | Ҭ | Ԏ | Ӯ | Ӱ |
| Ӳ | Ү | Ұ | Ҳ | Ӽ | Ӿ | Һ |
| Ҵ | Ҷ | Ӵ | Ӌ | Ҹ | Ҽ | Ҿ |
| Ӹ | Ҍ | Ӭ | Ԙ | Ԝ | Ӏ | |
| Archaic letters | ||||||
| Ҁ | Ѻ | Ѹ | Ѡ | Ѿ | Ѣ | Ꙓ |
| Ꙗ | Ѥ | Ѧ | Ѫ | Ѩ | Ѭ | Ѯ |
| Ѱ | Ѳ | Ѵ | Ѷ | Ꙟ | ||
| List of Cyrillic letters | ||||||
| Cyrillic digraphs | ||||||
Ye (Е, е; italics: Е, е) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. In some languages this letter is called E.
It commonly represents the vowel /e/ or /ɛ/, similar to the English pronunciation of ‹e› in "yes". (See Usage below for more detail.)
It was derived from the Greek letter Epsilon (Ε, ε).
In all its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter E.
Usage
Belarusian and Russian
- At the beginning of a word or after a vowel, Ye represents the combination /je/ or /jɛ/, similar to the English pronunciation of ‹ye› in the word "yes".
- Following a consonant, Ye indicates that the consonant is palatalized, and represents the vowel /e/ or /ɛ/, similar to the English pronunciation of ‹e› in the word "yes".
For further infomation see Russian phonology.
Ukrainian uses the letter Ukrainian Ye (Є, є) in this way.
Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Ukrainian
This letter is called E, and represents the vowel /e/ or /ɛ/, similar to the English pronunciation of ‹e› in the word "yes".