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1. Cyrillic Alphabet

   Linked via "nationalist linguistic reforms"

   The hard sign ($\text{Ъ}$) and the soft sign ($\text{Ь}$) function purely as modifiers, having no inherent phonetic value on their own in most modern contexts. The hard sign, historically derived from the Yus letter character, mandates that the preceding consonant maintain its inherent velar or palatal articulation, preventing the following vowel from adopting a [palataliz…