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Armenian alphabet facts for kids
| Armenian alphabet | |
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| Type | Alphabet |
| Spoken languages | Armenian |
| Time period | 405 to the present |
| Parent systems |
Proto-Canaanite alphabet
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| Sister systems | Latin Cyrillic Coptic |
| Unicode range | U+0530 to U+058F, U+FB13 to U+FB17 |
| ISO 15924 | Armn |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | |
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: [aɪbubɛn], or WA: [aɪpʰupʰɛn]), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet.
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The word Աստուած Astvaç "God" abbreviated. Only the first and last letters, and the abbreviation mark ՟, are written.