| E | |
|---|---|
| Է է | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Phonetic usage | ɛ |
| Unicode codepoint | U+0537, U+0567 |
| Alphabetical position | 7 Numerical value: 8 |
| History | |
| Development |
|
| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 8 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
E, or Ē, or Eh (majuscule: Է; minuscule: է; Armenian: է) is the seventh letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel (/ɛ/) in Eastern Armenian and the close-mid front unrounded vowel (/e/) Western Armenian. This letter is related the Armenian letter Yečʼ (Ե). After the 20th century spelling reform, the letter is used to write a word initial /ɛ/, while word initial ječʼ (ե) is pronounced /jɛ/. Before the orthography reform, the two letters were used interchangeably. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 8.[1]
Computing codes
| Preview | Է | է | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER EH | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER EH | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1335 | U+0537 | 1383 | U+0567 |
| UTF-8 | 212 183 | D4 B7 | 213 167 | D5 A7 |
| Numeric character reference | Է | Է | է | է |
Notes
- 1.^ This also appears in compound words
References
See also
- Armenian alphabet
- Mesrop Mashtots
- E (Latin)
- Ե (Armenian)
External links
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