ւ

See also: լ, Ւ, Ի, and -ւ

ւ U+0582, ւ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YIWN ← ց [U+0581] Armenian փ → [U+0583]

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [və]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [və]

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

ւ

ւ lowercase (uppercase Ւ)

1. The 34th letter of Armenian alphabet, called վյուն (vyun) or հյուն (hyun). Transliterated as w.
   Represents:

   voiced labiodental fricative: [v] in Eastern and Western Armenian

   labiovelar approximant: [w] in Armenian dialectology

   Formerly, near-front near-close rounded vowel: [ʏ] in Armenian dialectology and dialectal orthography

Usage notes

After the Spelling reform of the Armenian language during the Soviet era (1922—1924) this letter has been replaced by վ (v), surviving only as a component of letters ու (u) and եւ (ew). However, the reform was not accepted by the Armenian diaspora outside the USSR which continues using ւ according to Traditional Armenian orthography.

See also

• Armenian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   ա̄   ը̂   է̀   էօ / օ̈   էօ̀ / օ̈̀   իւ / ո̈ւ   գ^յ   կ^յ   ք^յ   հ^յ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ղՙ   ֈ / յ̵   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍