Middle Armenian
Language of the second period in written Armenian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Middle Armenian (Armenian: Միջին հայերէն or կիլիկեան հայերէն), also called Cilician Armenian (although this may be confused to refer to modern dialects),[1] corresponds to the second period of Armenian which was spoken and written in between the 12th and 18th centuries. It comes after Grabar (Classical Armenian) and before Ashkharhabar (Modern Armenian).[2]
Middle Armenian | |
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Cicilian Armenian | |
Region | Armenian Highlands, Cilicia |
Era | c. 1100 - 1700 AD developed into modern Armenian |
Indo-European
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Armenian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | axm |
axm | |
Glottolog | None |
Classical Armenian was predominantly an inflecting and synthetic language, but in Middle Armenian, during the period of Modern Armenian influence, agglutinative and analytical forms influenced the language.[3] In this respect, Middle Armenian is a transition stage from Old Armenian to Modern Armenian (Ashkharhabar). [4] Middle Armenian is notable for being the first written form of Armenian to display Western-type voicing qualities and to have introduced the letters օ and ֆ, which was based on the Greek letters "o" and "φ".