Em with tail

Em with tail (Ӎ ӎ; italics: Ӎ ӎ) is a letter of the extended Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Em (М м) by adding a tail to the right leg.

Em with tail
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Kildin Sámi
Sound values	/m̥/
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Em with tail is used in the current alphabet for the Kildin Sámi language in the Kola Peninsula in Russia,^[1]: 205 where it represents a voiceless bilabial nasal /m̥/.^{[citation needed]} This version of the Kildin Sámi alphabet was developed from 1976 to 1982.^[2] Em with tail is one of the distinctive letters of the Kildin Sámi alphabet, and despite its inclusion in Unicode, its cross-linguistic rarity still causes problems, such as not appearing on standard keyboards or in many fonts.^[1]: 211

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ӎ		ӎ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EM WITH TAIL		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM WITH TAIL
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1229	U+04CD	1230	U+04CE
UTF-8	211 141	D3 8D	211 142	D3 8E
Numeric character reference	Ӎ	Ӎ	ӎ	ӎ

See also

• Cyrillic characters in Unicode