Lesson 1 : Armenian alphabet

 

Lesson 1 : Armenian alphabet

Our first lesson is about the Armenian alphabet. Initially composed of 36 letters, the alphabet eventually expanded to include three additional characters. In Armenian, the term for ‘alphabet’ is “այբուբեն” (aybuben), deriving its name from the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet: “այբ” (ayb) and “բեն” (ben). The Armenian language is written horizontally from left to right.

Now, we are going to learn the first four letters of Armenian language.

 

Lesson 1 : Armenian alphabet – Letter Ա

 

The first letter of Armenian is Ա ա։ You can see in image that the letter is being pronounced as “a” in English.

Example

Արև (arev) – sun

 

 

Letter Բ

 

Letter Բ բ is being pronounced as “b” in English.

Example

Բարև (barev) – hello

 

 

 

Letter Գ

 

Letter Գ գ is being pronounced as “g” in English.

Example

Գործ “gorts” – work

 

Letter Դ

 

Letter Դ դ is being pronounced as “դ” in English.

Example

Դաս (das) – lesson