U+A697 "ꚗ" Cyrillic Small Letter Shwe Unicode Character

U+A697 "ꚗ" Cyrillic Small Letter Shwe is a rarely used letter from the Cyrillic script, specifically found in historical alphabets for certain Caucasian languages such as Abkhaz. It represents a sound similar to the voiced labiodental fricative, akin to the English "v" but produced with a rounded, whistled quality, and appears only in limited scholarly or liturgical contexts, as it is not part of modern standardized Cyrillic. Its capital counterpart is U+A696 "Ꚗ", and the character was added to the Unicode Standard to support the digital preservation of old texts and linguistic documentation.