Vo (Armenian letter)

Vo (majuscule: Ո; minuscule: ո; Armenian: վո, վօ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 600.^[1] It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It represents the open-mid back rounded vowel (/ɔ/), but when it occurs isolated or word-initially, it represents /vɔ/¹. It is one of the two letters that represent the sound O, the other being Օ which was not created by Mashtots.

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound values[ɔ]
[vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form)

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Vo
Ո ո
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[ɔ] [vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form)
In Unicode	U+0548, U+0578
Alphabetical position	24
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	600
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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Its minuscule variant is homoglyphic to the minuscule form of the Latin letter N. In its uppercase form, it looks like a turned Latin letter U, the Lisu letter Ue (ꓵ), or the asomtavruli form of the Georgian letter ghani (Ⴖ).