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The Armenian alphabet has 39 letters. The upper case and lower case letters of the Armenian alphabet are presented in left column of the table below. The second and third columns present the way each letter is read. The fourth column presents the symbol that is used for transliteration
Alphabet and English pronunciation
Alphabet and IPA pronunciation
| Letter | Name | Pronunciation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classical | Reformed | Classical | Eastern | Western | |
| Ա ա | այբ | /ɑ/ | |||
| Բ բ | բեն | /b/ | /pʰ/ | ||
| Գ գ | գիմ | /ɡ/ | /kʰ/ | ||
| Դ դ | դա | /d/ | /tʰ/ | ||
| Ե ե | եչ | /ɛ/, /jɛ/ | |||
| Զ զ | զա | /z/ | |||
| Է է | է | /ɛː/ | /ɛ/ | ||
| Ը ը | ըթ | /ə/ | |||
| Թ թ | թօ | թո | /tʰ/ | ||
| Ժ ժ | ժէ | ժե | /ʒ/ | ||
| Ի ի | ինի | /i/ | |||
| Լ լ | լիւն | լյուն | /l/ | ||
| Խ խ | խէ | խե | /χ/ | ||
| Ծ ծ | ծա | /ts/ | /dz/ | ||
| Կ կ | կեն | /k/ | /ɡ/ | ||
| Հ հ | հօ | հո | /h/ | ||
| Ձ ձ | ձա | /dz/ | /tsʰ/ | ||
| Ղ ղ | ղատ | /ɫ/ | /ʁ/ | ||
| Ճ ճ | ճէ | ճե | /tʃ/ | /dʒ/ | |
| Մ մ | մեն | /m/ | |||
| Յ յ | յի | հի | /j/ | /h/, /j/ | |
| Ն ն | նու | /n/, /ŋ/ | |||
| Շ շ | շա | /ʃ/ | |||
| Ո ո | ո | /o/, /vo/ | |||
| Չ չ | չա | /tʃʰ/ | |||
| Պ պ | պէ | պե | /p/ | /b/ | |
| Ջ ջ | ջէ | ջե | /dʒ/ | /tʃʰ/ | |
| Ռ ռ | ռա | /r/ | /ɾ/ | ||
| Ս ս | սէ | սե | /s/ | ||
| Վ վ | վեւ | վեվ | /v/ | ||
| Տ տ | տիւն | տյուն | /t/ | /d/ | |
| Ր ր | րէ | րե | /ɹ/ | /ɾ/ | |
| Ց ց | ցօ | ցո | /tsʰ/ | ||
| Ւ ւ | հիւն | վյուն | /w/ | /v/ | |
| Փ փ | փիւր | փյուր | /pʰ/ | ||
| Ք ք | քէ | քե | /kʰ/ | ||
| և | և | /ev/, /jev/ | |||
| Օ օ | օ | /o/ | |||
| Ֆ ֆ | ֆէ | ֆե | /f/ | ||
VIDEO: Armenian Alphabet and Pronunciation
Sources
https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf