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Che (Armenian letter)
Letter in the Armenian alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Che, or Če (majuscule: Ճ; minuscule: ճ; Armenian: ճե; Classical Armenian: ճէ) is the nineteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate (/t͡ʃ/) in Eastern Armenian, and the voiced postalveolar affricate (/d͡ʒ/) in western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 100.[1] Its shape is visually similar to the Cyrillic letter, Be (б). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin letter B (b).
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Che | |
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Ճ ճ | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | t͡ʃ |
In Unicode | U+0543, U+0573 |
Alphabetical position | 19 Numerical value: 100 |
History | |
Development |
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Time period | 405 to present |
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Associated numbers | 100 |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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