Kje
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Kje (Ќ ќ or Ḱ ḱ; italics: Ќ ќ or Ḱ ḱ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used only in the Macedonian alphabet, where it represents the voiceless palatal plosive {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, or the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Kje is the 24th letter in this alphabet. It is romanised as Template:Angbr or sometimes Template:Angbr or Template:Angbr.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Words with this sound are most often cognates to those in Serbo-Croatian with Template:Angbr/Template:Angbr and in Bulgarian with Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr or Template:Angbr. 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 charactersEdit
- Ḱ ḱ : Latin letter K with acute
- Ķ ķ : Latin letter K with cedilla
- К к : Cyrillic letter Ka
- К̀ к̀ : Cyrillic letter Ka with grave
- Ћ ћ: Cyrillic letter Tshe
- Ѓ ѓ : Cyrillic letter Gje
- Ť ť : Latin letter T with caron