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Also known as Ե, ե, Armenian letter ech, ech (Armenian letter), Armenian letter yech’, yech’ (Armenian letter), Armenian letter yech, yech (Armenian letter)

Yech, or Ech (majuscule: Ե; minuscule: ե; Armenian: եչ) is the fifth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It has a numerical value of 5. It represents the ([]) sound, but when it occurs word-initially, it is pronounced as [jɛ].

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Grapheme.name
Yech
Grapheme.letter
Ե ե
Grapheme.image
Armenian_letter_Ech.svg
Grapheme.imagesize
200px
Grapheme.imagealt
Typogrraphic upper and lower case of the letter Yech
Grapheme.image2
Ե handwritten.svg
Grapheme.imagesize2
133
Grapheme.imagealt2
Handwritten upper and lower case of the letter Yech
Grapheme.script
Armenian script
Grapheme.type
Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc
ic
Grapheme.language
Armenian language
Grapheme.phonemes
[][jɛ]
Grapheme.unicode
U+0535, U+0565
Grapheme.alphanumber
5
Grapheme.number
5
Grapheme.usageperiod
405 to present

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Yech, or Ech (majuscule: Ե; minuscule: ե; Armenian: եչ) is the fifth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It has a numerical value of 5. It represents the ([]) sound, but when it occurs word-initially, it is pronounced as [jɛ].

==Related characters and other similar characters== Е е : Cyrillic letter Ye Є є : Cyrillic letter Ukrainian Ye E e : Latin letter E t : Latin letter T

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