E (Э э; italics: Э э), also known as Backwards E from , E oborotnoye, is a letter found in two Slavic languages: Russian and Belarusian. It represents the and . In other Slavic languages using the Cyrillic script, these sounds are represented by Ye (Е е), which in Russian and Belarusian represents in initial and post-vocalic position or else and palatalizes the preceding consonant.