Vo (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 | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Phonetic usage | [ɔ] [vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form) |
| Unicode value | U+0548, U+0578 |
| Alphabetical position | 24 Numerical value: 600 |
| History | |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 600 |
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VO | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | 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 |
Braille
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
See also
Notes
- ^ Except in ով /ov/ "who" and ովքեր /ovkʰer/ "those (people)" in Eastern Armenian