Armenian alphabet
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The Armenian alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Armenian language since the 5th century.
| Armenian alphabet | |
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| Type | Alphabet |
| Spoken languages | Armenian |
| Time period | 405 to the present |
| Parent systems |
Proto-Canaanite alphabet
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| 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 word for "alphabet" is այբուբեն (CA, EA: [aɪbubɛn], or WA: [aɪpʰupʰɛn]), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet.
Armenian Alphabet Media
Armenian manuscript of the 10th or 11th century. History of Armenia of Movses Khorenatsi
The word Աստուած Astuac 'God' abbreviated. Only the first and last letters, and the abbreviation mark ՟, are written.
Eastern Armenian keyboard layout.
Western Armenian keyboard layout. It differs from the Eastern layout in that the pairs ւ–վ, բ–պ, ք–կ, and դ–տ are reversed.
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Related pages
Other websites
- theiling.de: Learn the Armenian alphabet online
- Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) Church Library Online (in English, Armenian, and Russian)
- stnersess.edu Archived 2006-10-16 at the Wayback Machine: Bedross Der Matossian on the use of Armeno-Turkish
Unicode Support for Armenian
- Unicode Character Code Chart for Armenian
- transliteration schemes for the Armenian alphabet (transliteration.eki.ee)