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Yew (minuscule: և; Armenian: և) is the 37th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet. It is a ligature of the letters Yech (ե) and Hyun (ւ). Although Yew was used de facto before the orthography reform, it was not officially part of the alphabet.
Yew | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | [ɛv], [jɛv] |
In Unicode | U+0587 |
Alphabetical position | 37 |
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Unlike many letters in the Armenian alphabet, it has no numerical value.[1]
In both varieties of 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).
Preview | և | |
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Unicode name | ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 1415 | U+0587 |
UTF-8 | 214 135 | D6 87 |
Numeric character reference | և | և |
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