I with bowl

Not to be confused with b, Ƅ, or soft sign.
I with bowl
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originYañalif
Sound values
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

Latin yeru or I with bowl ( , approximated in Unicode with the Cyrillic soft sign ⟨Ь ь⟩) is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet. It was introduced in 1928 into the reformed Yañalif, and later into other alphabets for Soviet minority languages. The letter was created to represent the non-front close unrounded vowel sounds [ɨ] and [ɯ]; thus, this letter corresponds to the letter ⟨I ı⟩ in modern Turkic alphabets, and the letter yery (⟨Ы ы⟩) in Cyrillic.

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