Editing Algiz (section)

== {{runic|ᛦ}} – Younger Futhark ==
{{Redirect|Ʀ|its lower case form "ʀ"|uvular trill}}

In the 6th and 7th centuries, the Elder Futhark began to be replaced by the [[Younger Futhark]] in Scandinavia. By the 8th century, the Elder Futhark was extinct, and Scandinavian runic inscriptions were exclusively written in Younger Futhark.

The '''Yr rune''' {{runic|ᛦ}} is a [[rune]] of the [[Younger Futhark]]. Its common transliteration is a [[small capital]] ''ʀ''. The shape of the ''Yr'' rune in the Younger Futhark is the inverted shape of the Elder Futhark rune ({{runic|ᛉ}}). Its name ''yr'' ("[[Taxus baccata|yew]]") is taken from the name of the Elder Futhark [[Eihwaz]] rune.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Its phonological value is the continuation of the phoneme represented by Algiz, the word-final ''*-z'' in [[Proto Germanic]]. In [[Proto-Norse]] it is pronounced closer to {{IPAslink|r}}, perhaps {{IPAslink|ɻ}}. Within later Old Norse, the Proto-Norse phoneme collapses with {{IPA|/r/}} by the 12th century.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

[[Unicode]] has {{Unichar|0280}} ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]’s symbol for the [[uvular trill]]). A corresponding capital letter is at {{Unichar|1a6}}. The rune itself is encoded at {{Unichar|16e6}}. Its variants are {{Unichar|16e7}} ({{runic|ᛧ}}) and {{Unichar|16e8}} ({{runic|ᛨ}}).<ref>[https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/01a6/index.htm Unicode Character 'LATIN LETTER YR' (U+01A6) at Fileformat.info].
[https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0280/index.htm Unicode Character 'LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL R' (U+0280)]</ref>