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Er (Cyrillic)
Cyrillic letter
Cyrillic letter
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| letter | Р р |
| script | Cyrillic |
| type | Alphabet |
| typedesc | ic |
| name | Er () |
| image | Cyrillic letter Er - uppercase and lowercase.svg |
| imageclass | skin-invert-image |
| phonemes | [], [] |
| number | 100 (Cyrillic numerals) |
| fam1 | Ρ ρ |
| language | Old Church Slavonic |
| unicode | U+0420, U+0440 |
| equivalents | R r |
Er (Р р; italics: Р р or Р р; italics: Р р) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
It commonly represents the alveolar trill , like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of in "curd".
History
The Cyrillic letter Er was derived from the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ). It has no connection to the Latin letter P (P p), which evolved from the Greek letter Pi (Π π), despite both having the same form.
The name of Er in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (rĭci), meaning "speak".
In the Cyrillic numeral system, er had a value of 100.
Form
The Cyrillic letter Er (Р р) looks similar to the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ), and the same as the Latin letter P (P p; П in Cyrillic).
Usage
As used in the alphabets of various languages, р represents the following sounds:
- alveolar trill , like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of in "curd"
- palatalized alveolar trill
The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.
| Language | Position in | |
|---|---|---|
| alphabet | Pronunciation | |
| Belarusian | 18th | |
| Bulgarian | 17th | , |
| Macedonian | 21st | |
| Russian | 18th | , |
| Serbian | 20th | |
| Ukrainian | 21st | , |
Computing codes
|0420|name1=Cyrillic Capital Letter Er |0440|name2=Cyrillic Small Letter Er
References
References
- (September 2003). "The Slavonic Languages". Routledge.
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