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Armenian khachkars in the form of individual Armenian letters in Oshakan, Armenia. 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.
The Armenian alphabet was devised in 405 in the cities of Edessa and Samsat by the scholar-monk Mesrop Mashtots. [4] As is the case with other writing systems worldwide, the graphic layout of Armenian letters has undergone some changes in over 1600 years. [5] The four principal graphic forms [6] [7] [8] of Armenian writing during the Middle ...
T'o (Armenian letter) Classical Armenian orthography; Tsa (Armenian letter) Tyun (Armenian letter) V. Vo (Armenian letter) Y. Yech (Armenian letter) Z. Za (Armenian ...
Men (majuscule: Մ; minuscule: մ; Armenian: մեն) is the twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the bilabial nasal ( /m/) in both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter M. [1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has ...
Ghat (majuscule: Ղ; minuscule: ղ; Armenian: ղադ is the eighteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced uvular fricative (/ʁ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. In Classical Armenian, it is pronounced as the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (/ɫ/). Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century ...
Se or Seh (majuscule: Ս, minuscule: ս; Armenian: սե) is the twenty-ninth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 2000. [1] It represents the voiceless alveolar sibilant (/s/) in both Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD, it is homoglyphic to the Latin letter U.
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Fe (majuscule Ֆ; minuscule ֆ; Armenian: ֆէ or ֆե [fɛ]) is the 39th [1] letter of the Armenian alphabet. It does not have a numerical value meaning, as it was among the original Mesropian ...
Gim, Kim, or K’im (majuscule: Գ; minuscule: գ; Armenian: գիմ) is the third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced velar plosive /g/ in Eastern Armenian and the aspirated voiceless velar plosive /kʰ/ in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter G. [1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop ...