| Vo | |
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| Ո ո | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | (word-initially or in isolated form) |
| In Unicode | U+0548, U+0578 |
| Alphabetical position | 24 Numerical value: 600 |
| History | |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 600 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
| This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
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Vo (majuscule: Ո; minuscule: ո; Armenian: վո, վօ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 600. It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It represents the open-mid back rounded vowel (/ɔ/), but when it occurs isolated or word-initially, it represents /vɔ/. It is one of the two letters that represent the sound O, the other being Օ which was not created by Mashtots.
Its minuscule variant is homoglyphic to the minuscule form of the Latin letter N. In its uppercase form, it looks like a turned Latin letter U, the Lisu letter Ue (ꓵ), or the asomtavruli form of the Georgian letter ghani (Ⴖ).
As a component in U
This letter, along with Vyun (or Hiwn in Classical Armenian), is part of the Armenian U (ՈՒ Ու ու). Because the letter U is not present in Mashtots's alphabet, it uses a digraph made up of these letters.
Computing codes
| Preview | Ո | ո | ||
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| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VO | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1352 | U+0548 | 1400 | U+0578 |
| UTF-8 | 213 136 | D5 88 | 213 184 | D5 B8 |
| Numeric character reference | Ո |
Ո |
ո |
ո |
Gallery
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Shghagir variant of Vo
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Handwritten form
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Eastern Armenian
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Western Armenian
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Related characters and other similar characters
- O o : Latin letter O
- О о : Cyrillic letter O
- Օ օ : Armenian letter O
- ꓵ : Lisu letter Ue
- ՈՒ Ու ու : Armenian letter U
- Ⴖ : Georgian letter Ghani, in asomtavruli form
References
Notes
- Except in ով /ov/ "who" and ովքեր /ovkʰer/ "those (people)" in Eastern Armenian
External links
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