Language/Armenian/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
Welcome to our lesson on Armenian Pronunciation, where we will explore the Armenian alphabet and its pronunciation. The Armenian alphabet consists of 39 letters, with both upper case and lower case versions presented in the left column of the table below. The second and third columns show how each letter is read, while the fourth column provides the symbol used for transliteration.
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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
Armenian Keyboard
Sources
https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf