Ě

Ě U+011A, Ě LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CARON Composition: E [U+0045] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← ę [U+0119] Latin Extended-A ě → [U+011B]

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• Ė (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/
• IPA^(key): (before /j/ and colloquially when unstressed) /ɛ/

Letter

Ě (lower case ě)

1. The eighth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called ět and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

As the letter ⟨ě⟩ is never the first letter of a word, the upper case form appears only when a word is written in ALL CAPS.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

Mandarin

Romanization

Ě (e³, Zhuyin ㄜˇ)

1. (phonetically) Vowel “E” pronounced with the third tone (falling then rising).

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʲe/

Letter

Ě (upper case, lower case ě)

1. (International Standard) The letter with E with the háček.

Usage notes

• Only used in the middle or end of words.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ě”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16