Glyph showcase
Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.
я
Ya/Ja
Modern (post-1918)
Ya/Ja
Belongs to Modern Russian Alphabet.
Sound correspondences
Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.
a
stressed
J
Jotated part of Ya (Stressed, word-initial or after vowel)
A
Vowel part of Ya (Stressed, word-initial or after vowel)