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Ken (Armenian letter)

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Letter in the Armenian alphabet
Ken
Կ կ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesk (Eastern Armenian)
ɡ (Western Armenian)
In UnicodeU+53F, U+56F
Alphabetical position15
Numerical value: 60
History
Development
  • Կ կ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers60
Writing directionLeft-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.

Ken or Gen (majuscule: Կ; minuscule: կ; Armenian: կեն) is the fifteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive (/k/) in Eastern Armenian and the voiced velar plosive (/ɡ/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter K. 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 60.

Character codes

Character information
Preview Կ կ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEN ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEN
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1343 U+053F 1391 U+056F
UTF-8 212 191 D4 BF 213 175 D5 AF
Numeric character reference Կ Կ կ կ

See also

References

  1. "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  2. "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.

External links

  • Դ on Wiktionary
  • դ on Wiktionary
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