ꯑꯔꯃꯦꯅꯤꯌꯥꯟ ꯑꯜꯐꯥꯕꯦꯠ (ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ:Lang-hy, Hayots' grer ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayots' aybuben; Eastern Armenian: ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ:IPA-hy; Western Armenian: ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ:IPA-hy) is an alphabetic writing system used to write Armenian ꯏꯕꯗ ꯁꯤꯖꯤꯟꯅꯕ ꯃꯌꯦꯛꯅꯤ ꯫ 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. The alphabet was also in wide use in the Ottoman Empire around the ꯱꯸ꯁꯨꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯱꯹ꯁꯨꯕ ꯆꯩꯍꯤ ꯆꯥ ꯫

ꯑꯔꯃꯦꯅꯤꯌꯥꯟ ꯑꯜꯐꯥꯕꯦꯠ
ꯃꯈꯜ
ꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡArmenian
ꯁꯥꯔꯤꯕMesrop Mashtots
Time period
꯴꯰꯵ ꯇꯒꯤ ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛꯐꯥꯎ[]
Parent systems
presumably modeled on Greek[]
  • possible Pahlavi,[] and Syriac influences
    • ꯑꯔꯃꯦꯅꯤꯌꯥꯟ ꯑꯜꯐꯥꯕꯦꯠ
Child systems
Caucasian Albanian[]
Sister systems
Latin
Coptic
Georgian
Cyrillic
ꯃꯥꯏꯀꯩLeft-to-right
ꯑꯥꯏꯑꯦꯁꯑꯣ ꯱꯵꯹꯲꯴Armn, 230
Unicode alias
ꯑꯔꯃꯦꯅꯤꯌꯥꯟ

ꯃꯇꯦꯡ ꯂꯧꯐꯝ

ꯁꯦꯝꯒꯠꯂꯨ
  1. Theo Maarten van Lint. From Reciting to Writing and Interpretation: Tendencies, Themes, and Demarcations of Armenian Historical Writing // The Oxford History of Historical Writing: 400–1400 / Edited by Sarah Foot and Chase F. Robinson. — Oxford University Press, 2012. — Vol. 2. — P. 180
  2. Cite ꯑꯔꯥꯟꯕ: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Sanjian
  3. True History and the Religion of India: A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism, Prakashanand Saraswali, Motilal Banarsidass (2002), ISBN 978-8120817890
  4. Special internet edition of the article «The script of the Caucasian Albanians in the light of the Sinai palimpsests» by Jost Gippert (2011) // Original edition in Die Entstehung der kaukasischen Alphabete als kulturhistorisches Phänomen / The Creation of the Caucasian Alphabets as Phenomenon of Cultural History. Referate des Internationalen Symposiums (Wien, 1.-4. Dezember 2005), ed. by Werner Seibt and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2011