Pe (Armenian letter)

Pe, or Peh (majuscule: Պ; minuscule: պ; Armenian: պե, պէ) is the twenty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 800.^[1] It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century. In Eastern Armenian, it represents the voiceless bilabial stop (/p/) while in Western Armenian, it represents the voiced bilabial stop (/b/).

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound valuesp (Eastern Armenian)
b (Western Armenian)

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Pe
Պ պ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	p (Eastern Armenian) b (Western Armenian)
In Unicode	U+057A, U+057A
Alphabetical position	26
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	800
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 form is similar in shape to the voiced velar approximant (ɰ) and the Cyrillic letter Cche (Ꚇ ꚇ).