Pe (Armenian letter)

Pe (majuscule: Պ; minuscule: պ; Armenian: պ) is the twenty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 800.[1] It is created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century. In Eastern Armenian, it represents the voiceless bilabial stop (/p/) while in Western Armenian, it represents the voiced bilabial stop (/b/).

Pe
Պ պ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Phonetic usage	p (Eastern Armenian) b (Western Armenian)
Unicode codepoint	U+57A, U+57A
Alphabetical position	26 Numerical value: 800
History
Development	Պ պ
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	800
Writing direction	Left-to-Right

Its minuscule form is similar in shape to the voiced velar approximant (ɰ) and the Cyrillic letter Cche (Ꚇ ꚇ).