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The letter ě is a vestige of Old-Czech [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalization]]. The originally palatalizing [[phoneme]], [[yat]] /ě/ {{IPA|[ʲɛ]}} became extinct, changing to {{IPA|[ɛ]}} or {{IPA|[jɛ]}}, but it is preserved as a [[grapheme]].
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* ''Dě, tě, ně'' {{IPA|[ɟɛ, cɛ, ɲɛ]}} is written instead of ďe, ťe, ňe (analogously to di, ti, ni).
* ''Bě, pě, vě, fě'' is written instead of ''bje, pje, vje, fje''. But some words ('''''vj'''ezd'', "entry, drive-in"; ''o'''bj'''em'', "volume"), are written with ''bje, vje'' because ''–je-'' is part of the etymological root of the word, preceded by the prefix ''v-'' or ''ob-''.
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