Armenian alphabet
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The Armenian alphabet (Armenian: Հայոց գրեր, Hayocʼ grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayocʼ aybuben) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages. It was developed around AD 405 by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader. The script originally had 36 letters. Eventually, two more were adopted in the 13th century. In reformed Armenian orthography (1920s), the ligature և ev is also treated as a letter, bringing the total number of letters to 39.
Armenian | |
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Script type | |
Creator | Mesrop Mashtots |
Time period | AD 405 to present[1] |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Official script | Armenia |
Languages | Armenian |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | [3][4] |
Sister systems | |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Armn (230), Armenian |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Armenian |
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This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions | |
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Country | Armenia |
Reference | 01513 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Inscription history | |
Inscription | 2019 (14 session) |
List | Representative |
The Armenian word for 'alphabet' is այբուբեն (aybuben), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet: ⟨Ա⟩ Armenian: այբ ayb and ⟨Բ⟩ Armenian: բեն ben. Armenian is written horizontally, left to right.[5]