Er (Р р; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">Р р ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the alveolar trill, like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of ⟨r⟩ in "curd".

History

The Cyrillic letter Er was derived from the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ). It has no connection to the P|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 P|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.

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