Ts'o

Tsʼo, or Cʼo (majuscule: Ց; minuscule: ց; Armenian: ցո; Classical Armenian: ցօ) is the thirty-third letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless aspirated alveolar affricate (/t͡sʰ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 6000.^[1] Its shape in capital is visually similar to one other Armenian letter, Hi (Յ) or the number 8. Its shape in lowercase is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin letter G (g). In cursive, both letters are similar to a cursive Y.

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound valuest͡sʰ

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Tso
Ց ց
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	t͡sʰ
In Unicode	U+0551, U+0581
Alphabetical position	33
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	6000
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
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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