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A trill or a tap?
Ռ ռ is a trill; Ր ր is usually a brief tap. The two r sounds have different letters. Match both with their own capitals.
One letter, two cases
Ռ ռ is a trill; Ր ր is usually a brief tap. The two r sounds have different letters. Match both with their own capitals. Compare the examples side by side. Letter names label the characters; the sound cues explain how to pronounce them.
ra
Ռ ռ is a trilled r. Ր ր is usually a shorter tap; the two are separate letters.
ռ
ra
re
Ր ր is a short tongue-tip r. Contrast it with the trill written Ռ ռ.
ր
re