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A raised letter j marking a y-like colouring.
Also known as: Superscript j, Palatalisation mark, Soft sign mark
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a small raised j after a consonant marks it as palatalised: produced with the tongue body raised towards the hard palate, giving a y-like colouring. It is the soft consonant of Russian.
Marks the preceding consonant as palatalised, with a secondary raising of the tongue body towards the hard palate.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Transcribes the soft consonants of Russian and the other Slavic languages, where palatalisation is contrastive across most of the consonant inventory.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small letter j raised to the top of the writing height and placed immediately after the letter it modifies.