Pe (Armenian letter)

Not to be confused with the voiced velar approximant or the Cyrillic letter Cche.
Pe
Պ պ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesp (Eastern Armenian)
b (Western Armenian)
In UnicodeU+057A, U+057A
Alphabetical position26
History
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers800

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. 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/).

Its minuscule form is similar in shape to the voiced velar approximant (ɰ) and the Cyrillic letter Cche (Ꚇ ꚇ).

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