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Ka (Cyrillic)

Letter of the Cyrillic script

Ka (Cyrillic)
Summary

Letter of the Cyrillic script

FieldValue
letterКк
scriptCyrillic
typeAlphabet
typedescic
nameKah ()
imageCyrillic letter Ka - uppercase and lowercase.svg
imageclassskin-invert-image
phonemes[]
number20 (Cyrillic numerals)
fam1Κ κ
languageOld Church Slavonic
unicodeU+041A, U+043A
Ka in [[Heorhiy Narbut]]'s ''Azbuka'' (1917).]]'''Ka''' (К к; italics: ''К к'' or <span style=&quot;font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger&quot;>К&nbsp;к</span>; italics: <span style=&quot;font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger&quot;>''К&nbsp;к''</span>) is a letter of the [[Cyrillic script]].

It commonly represents the voiceless velar plosive /k/, like the pronunciation of ⟨k⟩ in "(k)ing" or "(k)ick".

History

The Cyrillic letter Ka was derived from the Greek letter Kappa (Κ κ).

In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was (kako), meaning "as".

In the Cyrillic numeral system, Ka had a value of 20.

Form

The Cyrillic letter Ka looks very similar, and corresponds to the Latin letter K. In many fonts, Cyrillic Ka is differentiated from its Latin and Greek counterparts by drawing one or both of its diagonal spurs curved instead of straight. Also in some fonts the lowercase form of Ka has the vertical bar elongated above x-height, resembling the Latin lowercase k.

Usage

In Russian, the letter Ka represents the plain voiceless velar plosive or the palatalized one ; for example, the word "короткий" ("short") contains both the kinds: . The palatalized variant is pronounced when the following letter in the word is ь, е, ё, и, ю, or я.

In Macedonian and Serbian, it always represents the sound .

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References

References

  1. (September 2003). "The Slavonic Languages". Routledge.
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