Vo (Armenian letter)
| 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 | |
| Development | |
| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 600 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
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Vo (majuscule: Ո; minuscule: ո; Armenian: վո, վօ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 600. 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.
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).