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==Original use== In [[Old Church Slavonic]], the yer was used to indicate the so-called "reduced vowel": ъ = {{nowrap|{{IPA|*[ŭ]}}}}, ь = {{nowrap|{{IPA|*[ĭ]}}}} in the conventional transcription. They stemmed from the [[Proto-Balto-Slavic language|Proto-Balto-Slavic]] and [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] short {{nowrap|{{IPA|*/u/}}}} and {{nowrap|{{IPA|*/i/}}}} (compare [[Latin]] [[wikt:angulus|angulus]] and Old Church Slavonic [[wikt:ѫгълъ|ѫгълъ]], ''{{Transliteration|cu|ǫgŭlŭ}}'' < Early Proto-Slavic ''*angulu'' < Proto-Balto-Slavic ''*ángulas'' < Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂éngulos''). In all [[West Slavic languages]], the yer either disappeared or changed to {{IPA|/e/}} in strong positions, and in [[South Slavic languages]], the strong yer reflexes differ widely, according to dialect.
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