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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DirectionalityWritten horizontally, left to right. 1 In Use Since (Year) Connections
Influenced By
General scholarly consensus, though the alphabet also shows some resemblance to Pahlavi and Syriac.
Source Wikipedia: Armenian Alphabet
Script Of
Source Wikipedia: Armenian Language
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1. Wikipedia: Armenian Alphabet
Origin section
The Armenian alphabet was introduced by Mesrop Mashtots and Isaac of Armenia (Sahak Partev) in CE 405.
Lead section
այբուբեն, aybuben, named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet
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WikipediaScript Of: Armenian, Writing system sectionQuote, Script Of: Armenian, Writing system section
The Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405, at which time it had 36 letters.
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