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Armenian text ( гۻñ»Ý ëáíáñ»Ýù )

	The Armenian Alphabet Armenian is separate branch in the Indo-European family of languages. The Armenian alphabet was created in 405 A.D. It consists of 39 letters, of which 36 were created by the auther of the alphabet Mesrop Mashtots, the other 3 were added later. It was meant to suit the sound system of Armenian. These 39 letters present all the sounds of Armenian language. There is nearly one to one correspondence between the Armenian sounds and the letters that present them. The exceptions are the letters ,, which represent combinations of sounds.
Letter Sound as in Name Cursive Symbol a car a b (voiced) brown b g (voiced) grey g d (voiced) dry d ye (at the beginning) e (in the other positions) yet where ye e z zoo z e where e a about a t (aspirated) teach t` s vision zh ee cheese i l lake l Spanish j Jose kh t (unaspirated)+s ts k (unaspirated) skin k h hard h d+z hands dz r as in French, German Paris gh t(unaspirated) tsh m man m y young y n next n sh sheep sh vo (at the beginning of words) o (in other positions) voice voice vo o ch [tch] cheese ch p (unaspirated) speak p j Jack j rr as in Italian and Spanish (trilled) rojo r` s sing s v v v t (unaspirated) stick t r (with a top as British English) very r t (aspirated)+s cats ts oo boot u p (aspirated) pick p` k (aspirated) kind k` yev (alone or at the beginnig of words) ev (other positions) ever yev ev o voice o f father f
	There are 6 vowels in Modern Eastern Armenian:
a as in car ee as in cheese a as in about at the beginnig of the words vo in other positions o as in voice as in voice o as in voice at the beginning of the words ye in other positions e as in yet as in hence e as in hence oo as in choose
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