Short I (Cyrillic)
| Short I | |
|---|---|
| Й й | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Church Slavonic |
| Sound values | [j] |
| In Unicode | U+0419, U+0439 |
| History | |
| Development | И и
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| Transliterations | Y y, J j, ĭ |
Short I or Yot/Jot (Й й; italics: Й й or Й й; italics: Й й) (sometimes called I Kratkoye, Russian: и краткое, Ukrainian: йот) or I with breve, Russian: и с бреве) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Graphically, it is formed from the Cyrillic letter И with a breve; however, modern languages generally treat it as an independent letter in its own right.
The short I represents the palatal approximant /j/, like the pronunciation of ⟨y⟩ in yesterday.
Depending on the romanization system in use and the Slavic language that is under examination, it can be romanized as ⟨y⟩, ⟨j⟩, ⟨i⟩ or ⟨ĭ⟩. For more details, see romanization of Russian, romanization of Ukrainian, romanization of Belarusian and romanization of Bulgarian.