Er (Cyrillic)

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Er, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book

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 Script error: No such module "IPA"., like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of Template:Angbr 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 <templatestyles src="Script/styles_slavonic.css" />рьци (rĭci), meaning "speak".[1]

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:

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 Script error: No such module "IPA".
Bulgarian 17th Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA".
Macedonian 21st Script error: No such module "IPA".
Russian 18th Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA".
Serbian 20th Script error: No such module "IPA".
Ukrainian 21st Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA".

Related letters and other similar characters

Computing codes

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External links

References

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