Khakassian Che

Khakassian che
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originKhakas language, Soyot language
Sound values/d͡ʒ/

Khakassian che ӌ; italics: Ӌ ӌ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter che ч Ч ч).

It is used in the alphabet of the Khakas language, as its name suggests, and represents the voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/; similar to the pronunciation of j in "jump". Khakassian che corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs дж or чж, or to the letters che with descender ҷ), che with vertical stroke ҹ), dzhe џ), zhe with breve ӂ), zhe with diaeresis ӝ), or zhe with descender җ).

It is also used in the Soyot language.