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But why Latin Z and V and not З и В?
by SauciestGNU 4y ago
But why Latin Z and V and not З и В?
- int_19h 4y agoMuch easier to draw with a bucket of paint and a brush. Also easier to distinguish at a distance. A tongue-in-cheek joke in Russia is that these aren't actually Z and V, but rather Ꙁ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_(Cyrillic)#History_and_shape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_(Cyrillic)#History_and_shap...) and Ѵ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa), both a part of the historical early Cyrillic alphabet, symbolizing the return to "tradition".
- SauciestGNU 4y agoThanks for the context, I'm a beginner in Russian and don't know much history of the language.