Sha | |
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Շ շ | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Phonetic usage | ʃ |
Unicode codepoint | U+547, U+547 |
Alphabetical position | 23 Numerical value: 500 |
History | |
Development |
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Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 500 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Sha (majuscule: Շ; minuscule: շ; Armenian: շա) is the twenty-third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless postalveolar fricative (/ʃ/) in both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh.[1] 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 500.[2]
Character codes
Preview | Շ | Շ | ||
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Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SHA | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1351 | U+0547 | 1351 | U+0547 |
UTF-8 | 213 135 | D5 87 | 213 135 | D5 87 |
Numeric character reference | Շ | Շ | Շ | Շ |
See also
- Nu, the letter preceding Sha in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
- Sh (digraph)
References
- ↑ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
- ↑ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
External links
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