Abkhazian Che (Ҽ ҽ; italics: ''Ҽ ҽ'') is a letter of the

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. Abkhazian Che is used in the alphabet of the

Abkhaz language Abkhaz ( ; ), sometimes spelled Abxaz and also known as Abkhazian, is a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abaza language, Abaza. It is spoken mostly by the Abkhazians, Abkhaz people. It is one o ...

, where it represents the

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. In the alphabet, it is placed between and . The letter only coincidentally resembles a lowercase Latin letter ' e'. Historically, it's the cursive form of the corresponding letter in the Abkhazian Latin alphabet, where it somewhat resembled a Greek φ.

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