Listen to the pronunciation of the letters in Eastern Armenian ( help.Armenian is written horizontally, left to right. The Armenian word for 'alphabet' is այբուբեն ( aybuben), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet: ⟨ Ա⟩ Armenian: այբ ayb and ⟨ Բ⟩ Armenian: բեն ben. The alphabet was also in wide use in the Ottoman Empire around the 18th and 19th centuries. The system originally had 36 letters eventually, three more were adopted.

It was developed around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader. The Armenian alphabet ( Armenian: Հայոց գրեր, Hayots' grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayots' aybuben Eastern Armenian: Western Armenian: ) is an alphabetic writing system used to write Armenian. For the distinction between, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

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