Armenian Alphabet
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Creators | Mesrop Mashtots |
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Parent systems | presumably modeled on Greek: Armenian alphabet; |
Unicode range | U+0530–U+058F Armenian; U+FB00–U+FB17 Alphabetic Pres. Forms |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Child system | Caucasian Albanian script |
Sister systems | Latin script |
Coptic alphabet | |
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ID | 3050572 |
About Armenian Alphabet
The Armenian alphabet is an alphabetic writing system used to write Armenian. It was developed around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader. The system originally had 36 letters; eventually, three more were adopted.