Yew | |
Letter: | և |
Imagealt: | Lower case of letter Yew |
Imagesize2: | 195px |
Imagealt2: | Letter Yew handwritten |
Script: | Armenian script |
Type: | Alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Language: | Armenian language |
Phonemes: | [ɛv], [jɛv] |
Unicode: | U+0587 |
Alphanumber: | 37 |
Yew (minuscule: և; Armenian:) is the 37th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet. It consists in a ligature of the letters Yech (ե) and Hyun (ւ). The letter Yew was de facto used before the ortography reform, but it was not part of the alphabet.
Unlike many letters in the Armenian alphabet, it has no numerical value.[1]
In both Eastern and Western Armenian it is pronounced as [ɛv], but word-initially it represents the [jɛv] sound.[2]
This ligature has no majuscule form. When capitalized it is written as Եվ (reformed orthography) or Եւ (classical orthography).