ଯ


ଯ U+0B2F, ଯ
ORIYA LETTER YA
← ମ
[U+0B2E] 		Oriya ର →
[U+0B30]

Odia

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔ/

Letter

ଯ (ja)

  1. The fortieth character in the Odia abugida.

Usage notes

It is not pronounced /j/ as in most Brahmic scripts, but instead as /dʒ/ due to sound shift, just like its Bengali equivalent য. A very similar repurposing happened to the Latin letter J in many Western European languages. Its name is the same as the letter ଜ. A modified version of this letter, ୟ, is now used for /j/.

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