Talk:Yu (Cyrillic)

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Is there a reference for the omicron-iota origin of this letter? Berdnikov 1999 says it is a iotated оу, with the у dropped, resulting in a I-О ligature. —Michael Z. 2006-11-17 06:36 Z

That is what I have always understood, that Ю is a graphically simplified form of an iotified monograph uk. It seems a great deal more obvious than an mirror-imaged OI ligature, reflecting a supposed /y/ pronunciation for οι (not something I have heard of before), and with the /y/ subsequently developing to /ju/. I'm willing to be educated on this, but we really badly need some citations, as there are three things there which sound dubious, or at least (to me) surprising. Vilĉjo (talk) 00:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I at once correct myself on one point: Allen's Vox Graeca provides evidence that οι was indeed at one time probably pronounced /y/. I would still appreciate citations on the shift from /y/ to /ju/, and also on the priority of OI and its later mirroring. Vilĉjo (talk) 00:57, 9 April 2008 (UTC)