Em (М м; italics: ''М м'') is a letter of the

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, C ...

. Em commonly represents the bilabial nasal consonant , like the pronunciation of in "him". Common Glagolitic script is "Ⰿ and Ⱞ" It is derived from the Greek letter Mu (Μ μ).

Form

The capital Cyrillic letter Em (М м) looks the same as the capital Latin letter M (M m) but, as with most Cyrillic letters, the lowercase form is simply a smaller version of the uppercase letter.

Usage

As used in the alphabets of various languages, Em represents the following sounds: * bilabial nasal consonant , like the pronunciation of in "him" or meet * palatalized bilabial nasal consonant The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.

Related letters and other similar characters

*Μ μ: Greek letter Mu *M m: Latin letter M *Ӎ ӎ: Cyrillic letter Em with tail

Computing codes

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Cyrillic letters