Er (Р р; italics: ''Р р'') is a letter of the

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, C ...

. 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 The Early Cyrillic alphabet, also called classical Cyrillic or paleo-Cyrillic, is an alphabetic writing system that was developed in Medieval Bulgaria in the Preslav Literary School during the late 9th century. It is used to write the Chur ...

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.

Related letters and other similar characters

*Ρ ρ/ : Greek letter rho *R r : Latin letter R *P p : Latin letter P *₽ : Russian ruble sign *П п : Cyrillic letter П *Я я : Cyrillic letter Я

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