Sje (С́ с́; italics: ''С́ с́'') is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, formed from С with the addition of an

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(not to be confused with the Latin letter Ć). It is used in the Montenegrin alphabet, where it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant . It corresponds to the

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Ś, and is not to be confused with the

Ć, which represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate /t͡ɕ/ (the sound of Ћ)

Origins

It came into official use in mid-

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, with the adoption of the

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. The letter originates from rural areas in

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Computing codes

Being a relatively recent letter, not present in any legacy 8-bit Cyrillic encoding, the letter С́ is not represented directly by a precomposed character in

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either; it has to be

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as С+ ◌́ (U+0301).

Origins

Computing codes

See also