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==Orthography==
==Orthography==
Ucrean is traditionally written in an abjad, one derived from the variety of Draconic script used to write Classical Netherese several centuries past. This writing system has not been used excessively for record-keeping, finding most application in runes, sigils, [[:w:Tamga|tamgas]], and other symbolism while most Ucrean societies prefer to keep a robust oral tradition, but nevertheless forms an important part of the cultural identity of the Ucrean orcs.
Ucrean is traditionally written in an abjad, one derived from the Old Zhivan abugida, itself derived from the variety of the Draconic alphabet used to write Classical Netherese (Lorroslek) millennia in the past. This writing system has not been used excessively for record-keeping, finding most application in runes, sigils, [[:w:Tamga|tamgas]], and other symbolism while most Ucrean societies prefer to keep a robust oral tradition, but nevertheless forms an important part of the cultural identity of the Ucrean orcs.


While first & foremost an abjad, the Ucrean script can also be used as a limited logography à la [[:w:Ideographic rune|ideographic runes]], in that each letter can also be used in isolation to represent the concept(s) associated with their name. This rarely causes confusion given that only rarely will any Ucrean words be normally represented by a single consonant, but on that off chance, some scribes prefer to distinguish between the two by placing a tilde or [[:w:Titlo|titlo]] below logographic glyphs.
While first & foremost an abjad, the Ucrean script can also be used as a limited logography à la [[:w:Ideographic rune|ideographic runes]], in that each letter can also be used in isolation to represent the concept(s) associated with their name. This rarely causes confusion given that only rarely will any Ucrean words be normally represented by a single consonant, but on that off chance, some scribes prefer to distinguish between the two by placing a tilde or [[:w:Titlo|titlo]] below logographic glyphs. Similarly, some scholars represent a following {{IPA|/ɛ~ɨ/}} or palatalization with a vertical line above the top right of a glyph, sometimes called epašč (Ucrean for stick), as a reborrowing of the Old Zhivan diacritic for {{IPA|/e/}}.
{| class="sortable bluetable" style="background:white; text-align:left;"
{| class="sortable bluetable" style="background:white; text-align:left;"
|-
|-
! Abjad
! Letter
! Image
! Image
! Romanization
! Romanization
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! Letter Name
! Letter Name
! Name meaning/<br />Letter association
! Name meaning/<br />Letter association
! Origin
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|b}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|b}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-b.png|18px]]
|B b
|B b
|{{IPA|/b/}}
|{{IPA|/b/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|k}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|k}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-k.png|15px]]
|K k
|K k
|{{IPA|/k/}}
|{{IPA|/k/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|k'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|k'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-k.png|15px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|K' k'
|K' k'
|{{IPA|/kʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/kʼ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|c}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|c}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-c.png|30px]]
|C c
|C c
|{{IPA|/t͡s/}}
|{{IPA|/t͡s/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|c'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|c'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-c.png|30px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|C' c'
|C' c'
|{{IPA|/t͡sʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/t͡sʼ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|d}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|d}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-d.png|12px]]
|D d
|D d
|{{IPA|/d/}}
|{{IPA|/d/}}
|{{term|dyoc#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|dyoc}}}}<br />{{IPA|/djot͡s/}}
|{{term|dyoc#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|dyoc}}}}<br />{{IPA|/djot͡s/}}
|"cliff"
|"cliff"
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸ}}
|[[File:Ucrean ȸ.png|18px]]
|ȸ (8)
|{{IPA|/ȸ/}}
|{{term|ȸƣał#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸƣł}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ȸʁaɬ/}}
|"sky"
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|f}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|f}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-f.png|15px]]
|F f
|F f
|{{IPA|/f/}}
|{{IPA|/f/}}
|{{term|feɏi#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|fɏi}}}}<br />{{IPA|/fɛð̼i/}}
|{{term|feɏi#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|fɏi}}}}<br />{{IPA|/fɛð̼i/}}
|"southern"
|"southern"
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ˈ}}
|
|E e
|{{IPA|/ɛ~ɨ/}}
|{{term|epašč#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|epšč}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ɛpaɕt͡ɕ/}}
|"stick"
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|g}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|g}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-g.png|18px]]
|G g
|G g
|{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|h}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|h}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-h.png|15px]]
|H h
|H h
|{{IPA|/h/}}
|{{IPA|/h/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|h'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|h'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-h.png|15px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|H' h'
|H' h'
|{{IPA|/χ~ʜ/}}
|{{IPA|/χ~ʜ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|č}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|č}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-č.png|15px]]
|Č č
|Č č
|{{IPA|/t͡ɕ/}}
|{{IPA|/t͡ɕ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|č'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|č'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-č.png|15px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|Č' č'
|Č' č'
|{{IPA|/t͡ɕʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/t͡ɕʼ/}}
|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|člh'łs}}<br />{{IPA|/t͡ɕøχɬɛs/}}
|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|člh'łs}}<br />{{IPA|/t͡ɕøχɬɛs/}}
|thin čóh'
|thin čóh'
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|x}}
|[[File:Ucrean-x.png|15px]]
|X x
|{{IPA|/x/}}
|{{term|xubó#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|xubo}}}}<br />{{IPA|/xubø/}}
|"soil"
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƣ}}
|[[File:Ucrean-ƣ.png|21px]]
|Ƣ ƣ (Ğ ğ)
|{{IPA|/ʁ/}}
|{{term|ƣewbla#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƣwbl}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ʁɛʋbɫa/}}
|"meat, food"
|-
|-
|rowspan=3 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|l}}
|rowspan=3 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|l}}
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[File:Ucrean-l.png|15px]]
|L l
|L l
|{{IPA|/ɫ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɫ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ǁ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ǁ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ǁ.png|15px]]
|ǁ (#)
|ǁ (#)
|{{IPA|/ǁ/}}
|{{IPA|/ǁ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƛ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƛ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ƛ.png|15px]]
|Ƛ ƛ (7)
|Ƛ ƛ (7)
|{{IPA|/t͡ɬ/}}
|{{IPA|/t͡ɬ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƛ'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƛ'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ƛ.png|15px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|Ƛ' ƛ' (7')
|Ƛ' ƛ' (7')
|{{IPA|/t͡ɬʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/t͡ɬʼ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ł}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ł}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ł.png|15px]]
|Ł ł
|Ł ł
|{{IPA|/ɬ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɬ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|m}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|m}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-m.png|12px]]
|M m
|M m
|{{IPA|/m/}}
|{{IPA|/m/}}
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|-
|-
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|n}}
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|n}}
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ucrean-n.png|15px]]
|N n
|N n
|{{IPA|/n, n̩/}}
|{{IPA|/n, n̩/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ŋ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ŋ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ŋ.png|21px]]
|Ŋ ŋ
|Ŋ ŋ
|{{IPA|/ŋ/}}
|{{IPA|/ŋ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ɋ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ɋ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-0.png|12px]]
|Ɋ ɋ (0)
|Ɋ ɋ (0)
|{{IPA|/ʘ/}}
|{{IPA|/ʘ/}}
|{{term|ɋo#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ɋo}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ʘo/}}
|{{term|ɋó#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ɋo}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ʘø/}}
|"afterlife, metempsychosis"
|"afterlife, metempsychosis"
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|p}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|p}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-p.png|30px]]
|P p
|P p
|{{IPA|/p/}}
|{{IPA|/p/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|p'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|p'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-p.png|30px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|P' p'
|P' p'
|{{IPA|/pʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/pʼ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|?}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|?}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ʔ.png|15px]]
|(ʔ ?)
|(ʔ ?)
|{{IPA|/ʔ/}}~{{IPA|/∅/}}
|{{IPA|/ʔ/}}~{{IPA|/∅/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|q}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|q}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-q.png|20px]]
|Q q
|Q q
|{{IPA|/q/}}
|{{IPA|/q/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|q'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|q'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-q.png|20px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|Q' q'
|Q' q'
|{{IPA|/qʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/qʼ/}}
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|-
|-
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|r}}
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|r}}
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ucrean-r.png|27px]]
|R r
|R r
|{{IPA|/r, r̩/}}
|{{IPA|/r, r̩/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|s}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|s}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-s.png|18px]]
|S s
|S s
|{{IPA|/s/}}
|{{IPA|/s/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|š}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|š}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-š.png|18px]]
|Š š
|Š š
|{{IPA|/ɕ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɕ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|t}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|t}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-t.png|27px]]
|T t
|T t
|{{IPA|/t/}}
|{{IPA|/t/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|t'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|t'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-t.png|27px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|T' t'
|T' t'
|{{IPA|/tʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/tʼ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|þ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|þ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-þ.png|30px]]
|Þ þ
|Þ þ
|{{IPA|/θ̼/}}
|{{IPA|/θ̼/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|v}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|v}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-v.png|15px]]
|V v
|V v
|{{IPA|/v/}}
|{{IPA|/v/}}
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|-
|-
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|w}}
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|w}}
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ucrean-w.png|21px]]
|W w
|W w
|{{IPA|/ʋ~w/}}
|{{IPA|/ʋ~w/}}
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|{{IPA|/u/}}
|{{IPA|/u/}}
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|x}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-!.png|15px]]
|X x
|ǃ (!)
|{{IPA|/x/}}
|{{IPA|/ǃ/}}
|{{term|xubó#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|xubo}}}}<br />{{IPA|/xubø/}}
|{{term|!eh'da#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!h'd}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ǃɛχda/}}
|"soil"
|"cooking, cuisine"
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƣ}}
|
|Ƣ ƣ (Ğ ğ)
|{{IPA|/ʁ/}}
|{{term|ƣewbla#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ƣwbl}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ʁɛʋbɫa/}}
|"meat, food"
|-
|-
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|y}}
|rowspan=2 style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|y}}
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ucrean-y.png|15px]]
|Y y
|Y y
|{{IPA|/j/}}
|{{IPA|/j/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ɏ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ɏ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ɏ.png|15px]]
|Ɏ ɏ (Ð ð)
|Ɏ ɏ (Ð ð)
|{{IPA|/ð̼/}}
|{{IPA|/ð̼/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|z}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|z}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-z.png|15px]]
|Z z
|Z z
|{{IPA|/z/}}
|{{IPA|/z/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ž}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ž}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ž.png|15px]]
|Ž ž
|Ž ž
|{{IPA|/ʑ/}}
|{{IPA|/ʑ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ľ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ľ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ɮ.png|15px]]
|Ľ ľ (5)
|Ľ ľ (5)
|{{IPA|/ɮ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɮ/}}
|{{term|ľazal#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ľzln}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ɮazɫan/}}
|{{term|ľazal#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ľzln}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ɮazɫan/}}
|"I crawl"
|"I crawl"
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸ}}
|
|ȸ (8)
|{{IPA|/ȸ/}}
|{{term|ȸƣał#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸƣł}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ȸʁaɬ/}}
|"sky"
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ȹ.png|15px]]
|ȹ (@)
|ȹ (@)
|{{IPA|/ȹ/}}
|{{IPA|/ȹ/}}
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|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ'}}
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ'}}
|
|[[File:Ucrean-ȹ.png|15px]][[File:Ucrean-ejective.png|15px]]
|ȹ' (@')
|ȹ' (@')
|{{IPA|/ȹʼ/}}
|{{IPA|/ȹʼ/}}
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|thin ȹimešt
|thin ȹimešt
|-
|-
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!}}
|colspan=2|—
|
|ǃ (!)
|{{IPA|/ǃ/}}
|{{term|!eh'da#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!h'd}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ǃɛχda/}}
|"cooking, cuisine"
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|—
|A a
|A a
|{{IPA|/a/}}
|{{IPA|/a/}}
|rowspan=2|—
|—
|rowspan=2|—
|—
|-
|E e
|{{IPA|/ɛ~ɨ/}}
|}
|}


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