Armenian alphabet

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The Armenian alphabet is a unique script created in the early 5th century by Mesrop Mashtots to write the Armenian language and is a key symbol of Armenian cultural and national identity.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
letter Չ 1

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
script
writing system
associatedWith Christianization of Armenia
creator Mesrop Mashtots
culturalSignificance key element of Armenian cultural heritage
symbol of Armenian national identity
currentNumberOfLetters 39
developedIn Kingdom of Armenia
earliestInscriptionsDateTo 5th century
hasLowercase yes
hasPart letter Ա
letter Բ
letter Գ
letter Դ
letter Ե
letter Զ
letter Է
letter Ը
letter Թ
letter Ժ
letter Ի
letter Լ
letter Խ
letter Ծ
letter Կ
letter Հ
letter Ձ
letter Ղ
letter Ճ
letter Մ
letter Յ
letter Ն
letter Շ
letter Ո
Armenian alphabet self-linksurface differs
surface form: letter Չ

letter Պ
letter Ջ
letter Ռ
letter Ս
letter Վ
letter Տ
letter Ր
letter Ց
letter Ւ
letter Փ
letter Ք
letter Օ
letter Ֆ
hasUnicodeBlock Armenian language
surface form: Armenian
hasUppercase yes
inception circa 405 CE
early 5th century
ISO15924Code Armn
numericSystem letters used as numerals
originalNumberOfLetters 36
primaryUsageRegion Armenia
Republic of Artsakh
religiousContextOfCreation to translate the Bible into Armenian
scriptDirection left-to-right
scriptType alphabetic
standardizedBy Mesrop Mashtots
UnicodeRange U+0530–U+058F
usedBy Armenian Apostolic Church
usedFor Classical Armenian
Eastern Armenian
Western Armenian
usedIn Armenian education system
Armenian literature
Armenian liturgy
writingMedium manuscripts
printed books
stone inscriptions
writingSystemFamily unique independent script
writingSystemFor Armenian language

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesrop Mashtots created Armenian alphabet
Armenian alphabet hasPart Armenian alphabet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: letter Չ
Armenian dram scriptOfText Armenian alphabet
Armenian Apostolic Church usesAlphabet Armenian alphabet
Armenia writingSystem Armenian alphabet
Classical Armenian writingSystem Armenian alphabet
Vanadzor writingSystem Armenian alphabet