It is pronounced as either a voiceless dental fricative or its voiced counterpart. The only language in which þ is currently in use is Icelandic. It is similar in appearance to the archaic Greek letter sho (ϸ), although the two are historically unrelated. The letter originated from the rune ᚦ in the Elder Fuþark and was called thorn in the Anglo-Saxon and thorn or thurs in the Scandinavian rune poems.

It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives.

Thorn or þorn ( Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English. For the distinction between, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Otherwise you will see nothing but empty squares.This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The main thing is symbol should be supported by the using font. If you’d like to use any of those symbols for writing your name or nickname, all you need is to write it using symbols you prefer, copy it and paste in your social network profile. That's why it is so difficult to find analogs for Я, Ю, Ы, Ъ. Perhaps, Cyril and Methodius (the creators of the Russian alphabet) just invented missing letters. Coptic and Cyrillic alphabets were based on the Greek alphabet.īut the Russian alphabet has more letters, because there are more sounds. It was used by the Egyptians for over 15 centuries ago. It looks like the Russian letter б, but in fact, it is from the Coptic alphabet. Indeed, they are letters or symbols of ancient alphabets or excotic languages.Īlso there you can find Cyrillic letters which is used for Russian language or look alike symbols like Ϭ. Here are collected beautiful calligraphic letters and different symbols as well, which only pretend being familiar letters like ᗩ or ξ. Many people wonder how it is possible? Easy peasy! You can do the same using “Fancy Letters” set. Or, for instance, with letters in circles - ⒷⒺⒶⓊⓉⓎ.

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