Vo (Armenian letter) explained

Vo
Letter:Ո ո
Script:Armenian script
Type:Alphabet
Typedesc:ic
Language:Armenian language
Phonemes:[{{IPAlink|ɔ}}]
[vɔ]
Unicode:U+0548, U+0578
Alphanumber:24
Number:600
Usageperiod:405 to present
Direction:Left-to-Right

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 (pronounced as //ɔ//), but when it occurs isolated or word-initially, it represents pronounced as //vɔ//. It is one of the two letters that represent the sound O, the other being Օ which was not created by Mashtots.

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.

Related characters and other similar characters

Notes

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ո տառը բացատրություն, vo tary bacatrutyun, ո տառը հոմանիշ, ո տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, ո տառը հականիշ, ո տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, ո տառը դարձվածքներ.