Ho | |
Letter: | Հ հ |
Script: | Armenian script |
Type: | Alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Language: | Armenian language |
Phonemes: | [{{IPAlink|h}}] |
Unicode: | U+0540, U+0570 |
Alphanumber: | 16 |
Number: | 70 |
Usageperiod: | 405 to present |
Direction: | Left-to-Right |
Ho (majuscule: Հ; minuscule: հ; Armenian: հո) is the sixteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless glottal fricative (pronounced as //h//). It is typically romanized with the letter H.[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 70.[2]