Men (letter)

Men (majuscule: Մ; minuscule: մ; Armenian: մեն) is the twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the bilabial nasal (/m/) in both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter M.^[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 200.^[2]

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound valuesm

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Men
Մ մ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	m
In Unicode	U+0544, U+0574
Alphabetical position	20
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	200
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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