Eh (Armenian letter)
Appearance
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E | |
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Է է | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | ɛ |
In Unicode | U+0537, U+0567 |
Alphabetical position | 7 Numerical value: 7 |
History | |
Development |
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Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 7 |
E, or Ē, or Eh (majuscule: Է; minuscule: է; Armenian: է) is the seventh letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel (/ɛ/) in Eastern Armenian and the close-mid front unrounded vowel (/e/) Western Armenian. This letter is related the Armenian letter Yečʼ (Ե). After the 20th century spelling reform, the letter is used to write a word initial /ɛ/[1], while word initial ječʼ (ե) is pronounced /jɛ/. Before the orthography reform, the two letters were used interchangeably. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 7.[1]
Computing codes
[edit]Preview | Է | է | ||
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Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER EH | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER EH | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1335 | U+0537 | 1383 | U+0567 |
UTF-8 | 212 183 | D4 B7 | 213 167 | D5 A7 |
Numeric character reference | Է |
Է |
է |
է |
Notes
[edit]- 1.^ This also appears in compound words
References
[edit]See also
[edit]- E (Latin)