|Cyrillic numerals: 5| |List of Cyrillic letters| Ukrainian Ye
(Є є; italics: Є є) is a character of the Cyrillic script. It is
considered as an individual letter of modern Ukrainian alphabet
(the 8th in row since 1992, and the 7th before this date) and as
a variant form of Ye (Е е) in modern Church Slavonic language
(where the selection of Є and Е is driven by orthography rules,
see below). Until mid-19th century, Є/є has also been used in
Serbian language (in Vuk Karadžić's alphabet, the letter was
eliminated and replaced by digraph је). Other modern Slavonic
languages may use Є/є shapes instead of Е/е for decorative
purposes. In these circumstances, the letter is usually referred
to by the older name Yest, and the descriptive names long E, or
anchor E. In Ukrainian, Є/є commonly represents the sound /je/
or /jɛ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ye⟩ in "yes". (See Usage for
more detail.) Ukrainian Ye is romanized as ⟨je⟩ or ⟨e⟩. See
Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic. Letter Є/є was derived
from one of varia