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Armenian Alphabet

ar-MEE-nee-un
Also Known As Aybuben

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Origin from 405

The Armenian alphabet is a true alphabet created around CE 405 by Mesrop Mashtots and Isaac of Armenia (Sahak Partev) to give Armenian its own literacy and Christian scripture. Its letterforms show some resemblance to Pahlavi and Syriac, but the general scholarly consensus is that it was modeled after the Greek alphabet, supplemented with letters invented for Armenian sounds Greek did not have.

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Script Type
Alphabet 1
Directionality
Written horizontally, left to right. 1
In Use Since (Year)
from 405 1
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Greek Script, Scripts

General scholarly consensus, though the alphabet also shows some resemblance to Pahlavi and Syriac.

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1. Wikipedia: Armenian Alphabet
Origin section
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The Armenian alphabet was introduced by Mesrop Mashtots and Isaac of Armenia (Sahak Partev) in CE 405.
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1. Wikipedia: Armenian Alphabet
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այբուբեն, aybuben, named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet
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Wikipedia: Armenian Language
WikipediaScript Of: Armenian, Writing system section
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The Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405, at which time it had 36 letters.
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