Armenian alphabet

The Armenian alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Armenian language since the 5th century.

Armenian alphabet
Script type	Alphabet
Time period	405 to the present
Direction	left-to-right
Languages	Armenian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Canaanite alphabet Phoenician alphabet Greek alphabet Armenian alphabet
Sister systems	Latin Cyrillic Coptic
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Armn (230), ​Armenian
Unicode
Unicode alias	Armenian
Unicode range	U+0530 to U+058F, U+FB13 to U+FB17
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.

The Armenian word for "alphabet" is այբուբեն (CA, EA: [aɪbubɛn], or WA: [aɪpʰupʰɛn]), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet.

The monument to the Armenian alphabet in Nicosia, Cyprus

Related pages

• Armenian language

Other websites

• theiling.de: Learn the Armenian alphabet online
• Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) Church Library Online (in English, Armenian, and Russian)
• stnersess.edu Archived 2006-10-16 at the Wayback Machine: Bedross Der Matossian on the use of Armeno-Turkish

Unicode Support for Armenian

• Unicode Character Code Chart for Armenian
• transliteration schemes for the Armenian alphabet (transliteration.eki.ee)