01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Armenian Alphabet
A 38-letter alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD for the Armenian language.
A 38-letter alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD for the Armenian language. Immediately used to translate the Bible, Armenians consider it "a gift from God." This script allowed the Armenian Church to maintain its distinct culture and faith through Byzantine, Persian, and Arab political domination. Today it serves as the identity symbol for the global Armenian diaspora (~7 million people).
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Left to right (LTR)
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Armenian Keyboard Layout
38-letter Armenian script created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD.
խ
փ
ձ
ջ
ր
չ
ф
ю
բ
ե
ա
ս
դ
ֆ
գ
հ
յ
կ
լ
զ
ծ
ց
վ
թ
ն
մ
շ
space
⌫
💡 Armenian has uppercase and lowercase. Eastern and Western Armenian pronunciations differ.
07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH