ଯ

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

Odia

Pronunciation

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• 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/.