Ġat | |
Letter: | Ղ ղ |
Imagealt: | Upper and lower case of letter Ghad |
Script: | Armenian script |
Type: | Alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Language: | Armenian language |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ |
Unicode: | U+0542, U+0572 |
Alphanumber: | 18 |
Number: | 90 |
Usageperiod: | 405 to present |
Ghat (majuscule: Ղ; minuscule: ղ; Armenian: ղադ is the eighteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced uvular fricative (/ʁ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. In Classical Armenian, it is pronounced as the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (/ɫ/). Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 90.[1]