Armenian alphabet
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title:
Armenian alphabet
text:
The Armenian alphabet 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. The Armenia
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Alphabet used to write the Armenian language
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_alphabet
date created:
2001-12-08T23:42:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T19:38:21Z
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