Armenian alphabet facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Armenian alphabet

Type	Alphabet
Spoken languages	Armenian
Time period	405 to the present
Parent systems	Proto-Canaanite alphabet Phoenician alphabet Greek alphabet Armenian alphabet
Sister systems	Latin Cyrillic Coptic
Unicode range	U+0530 to U+058F, U+FB13 to U+FB17
ISO 15924	`Armn`
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The Armenian alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Armenian language since the 5th century.

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

Armenian Alphabet

The monument to the Armenian alphabet in Nicosia, Cyprus

Related pages

Armenian language

Unicode Support for Armenian

Images for kids

Armenian manuscript of 10–11th centuries. History of Armenia of Movses Khorenatsi

See also

In Spanish: Alfabeto armenio para niños

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