Vo (Armenian letter)

Vo (majuscule: Ո; minuscule: ո; Armenian: վո, վօ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 600.[1] 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/1. It is one of the two letters that represent the sound O, the other being Օ which was not created by Mashtots.

Vo
Ո ո
Shghagir variant of Vo
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usage[ɔ]
[vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form)
Unicode codepointU+0548, U+0578
Alphabetical position24
Numerical value: 600
History
Development
Yerkatagir
  • Grchagir
    • Bolorgir
      • Notrgir
        • Ո ո
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers600
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

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

Character information
PreviewՈո
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VO ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1352U+05481400U+0578
UTF-8213 136D5 88213 184D5 B8
Numeric character referenceՈՈոո

Braille

See also

References

  • Ո on Wiktionary
  • ո on Wiktionary

Notes

  1. ^ Except in ով /ov/ "who" and ովքեր /ovkʰer/ "those (people)" in Eastern Armenian
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