Armenian alphabet

Armenian alphabet
Armenian alphabet
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Type	Alphabet
Spoken languages	Armenian
Time period	405 to the present
Parent systems	Proto-Canaanite alphabet Phoenician alphabet Greek alphabet Armenian alphabet; ; ;
Sister systems	Latin; Cyrillic; Coptic
Unicode range	U+0530 to U+058F, ; U+FB13 to U+FB17
ISO 15924	Armn
	Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

The Armenian alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Armenian language since the 5th century.

The Armenian word for "alphabet" is այբուբեն (CA, EA: [aɪbubɛn], or WA: [aɪpʰupʰɛn]), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet.

The monument to the Armenian alphabet in Nicosia, Cyprus

Armenian Alphabet Media

Armenian letters cross-stones, S. Mesrop Mashtots church, Oshakan, Armenia.jpg

Armenian khachkars in the form of individual Armenian letters in Oshakan, Armenia
Moses of Chorene (manuscript X-XIth centuries).jpg

Armenian manuscript of the 10th or 11th century. History of Armenia of Movses Khorenatsi
Ած՟.svg

The word Աստուած Astuac 'God' abbreviated. Only the first and last letters, and the abbreviation mark ՟, are written.
KB Eastern Armenian.svg

Eastern Armenian keyboard layout.
KB Western Armenian.svg

Western Armenian keyboard layout. It differs from the Eastern layout in that the pairs ւ–վcode: hy is deprecated , բ–պcode: hy is deprecated , ք–կcode: hy is deprecated , and դ–տcode: hy is deprecated are reversed.

Unicode Support for Armenian