“я” U+044F: Cyrillic Small Letter Ya

ℹ️ About

The Cyrillic Small Letter Ya (я) is a pivotal lowercase character in the Cyrillic script, representing the /ja/ sound. It evolved from the Old Church Slavonic ligature “I-A” and was modernized during Peter the Great’s script reforms. Today, it serves as the final letter in the Russian alphabet and is fundamental to Slavic linguistic systems.

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