Ը

Et
Ը ը
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[ə]
In Unicode	U+538, U+568
Alphabetical position	8
History
Development	𓀠 𐤄 Ε ε Ը ը
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	8

Et or Yt (majuscule: Ը: minuscule: ը; Armenian: ըթ) is the eighth letter of the Armenian alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century. It has a numerical value of 8.^[1] It represents the mid-central unrounded vowel (/ə/).

Depending on the system of romanization, it may variously be romanized as ⟨ə⟩, ⟨ë⟩ or ⟨y⟩.

This letter is only written in the beginning or at the end of a word, or in the rare case that it is the only unique vowel in the word (e.g. ֆստըխ, pronounced /fəsˈtəχ/). All other word-medial instances of /ə/ are unwritten and are not represented by the letter Et (e.g. փրկել, pronounced /pʰəɾˈkel/).

Computing codes

Gallery

• 
  Erkat'agir
• 
  Grchagir
• 
  Bolorgir
• 
  Notrgir
• 
  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
• 
  Handwritten form

References

External links

• Ը on Wiktionary
• ը on Wiktionary