Che (Armenian)

Che, or Če (majuscule: Ճ; minuscule: ճ; Armenian: ճե; Classical Armenian: ճէ) is the nineteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless palato-alveolar affricate (/t͡ʃ/) in standard Eastern Armenian, and the voiced palato-alveolar 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).

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound valuest͡ʃ

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Che
Ճ ճ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	t͡ʃ
In Unicode	U+0543, U+0573
Alphabetical position	19
History
Development	𓍒 Ϫ ϫ Ճ ճ
Time period	405 to present
Other
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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