ե appears in initial position, standing for “ye” երեխայ Երեւան before vowels, standing for “y” եօթը սենեակ within words, standing for “e” մեր գրել գեղեցիկ ե never appears in final position. է is used instead է appears in initial position, standing for “e” էի էջ էակ in final position րոպէ փայտէ հասցէ կ՛ըսէ in final […]
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In the initial position, ո is pronounced “vo” որդի ոլոռ ոտք In the initial position, օ is pronounced “o” օր օգնել օդ However, there are three exceptions whereby ո, when followed by վ, is pronounced “o” ո՞վ ովկիանոս ովասիս The initial ո that appears in compound words is pronounced “o” անորոշ (ան֊որոշ anorosh) վատորակ (վատ֊որակ […]
What have now become known as the standard written forms of Eastern and Western Armenian developed in the nineteenth century in Tiflis and Constantinople, respectively.* Western Armenian is now spoken in the diaspora, though that is slowly changing with the large influx of immigrants from the Republic of Armenia, while Eastern is spoken in the […]
Title: Handes Hakarakuteants: Hayots Grabar ev Ashkharabar Lezuats Summary: A tongue-in-cheek conversation between Classical Armenian and the vernacular. Author: Garegin Srvandsiants About the piece: Published in Artsvi Vaspurakan in the second edition of 1862/63, pages 51-61 You can access the piece here. Read this article if you want to learn more about: An important, contemporary […]