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Short I or Yot (Й й; italics: Й й) is a letter of the Cyrillic script .[1] It is made of the Cyrillic letter И with a breve .
The short I represents the palatal approximant /j/ like the pronunciation of ⟨y⟩ in yesterday.
Depending on the romanization system in use and the Slavic language that is under examination, it can be romanized as ⟨y⟩, ⟨j⟩, ⟨i⟩ or ⟨ĭ⟩. For more details, see romanization of Russian , romanization of Ukrainian , romanization of Belarusian and romanization of Bulgarian .

Description

Short I or Yot (Й й; italics: Й й) is a letter of the Cyrillic script .[1] It is made of the Cyrillic letter И with a breve .
The short I represents the palatal approximant /j/ like the pronunciation of ⟨y⟩ in yesterday.
Depending on the romanization system in use and the Slavic language that is under examination, it can be romanized as ⟨y⟩, ⟨j⟩, ⟨i⟩ or ⟨ĭ⟩. For more details, see romanization of Russian , romanization of Ukrainian , romanization of Belarusian and romanization of Bulgarian .