Learn the Armenian Alphabet

Հայոց այբուբեն

Learn to read the Armenian Alphabet (Հայոց այբուբեն): all 38 letters with names, sounds and audio, plus flashcards, listening, typing and matching practice.

Letter	Name	Latin letters	Sound
Ա ա	Ayb	a	a as in father
Բ բ	Ben	b	b as in boy (Western: like p)
Գ գ	Gim	g	g as in go (Western: like k)
Դ դ	Da	d	d as in dog (Western: like t)
Ե ե	Yech	e, ye	e as in pet; at the start of a word it's ye as in yes
Զ զ	Za	z	z as in zoo
Է է	E	e	e as in pet, even at the start of a word (never ye)
Ը ը	Et	ə	the short 'uh' sound in about
Թ թ	To	t’	t with a puff of air, as in top
Ժ ժ	Zhe	zh	zh, like the s in measure
Ի ի	Ini	i	ee as in see
Լ լ	Lyun	l	l as in look
Խ խ	Khe	kh	a raspy kh from the throat, like ch in Scottish loch
Ծ ծ	Tsa	ts	ts as in cats, crisp with no puff of air (Western: dz)
Կ կ	Ken	k	a crisp k with no puff of air, like the k in skip (Western: g)
Հ հ	Ho	h	h as in hat
Ձ ձ	Dza	dz	dz as in adze (Western: ts with a puff of air)
Ղ ղ	Ghat	gh	a gargled r from the back of the throat, like the French r
Ճ ճ	Che	ch	ch as in church, crisp with no puff of air (Western: j)
Մ մ	Men	m	m as in mom
Յ յ	Yi	y	y as in yes (Western: h at the start of a word)
Ն ն	Nu	n	n as in no
Շ շ	Sha	sh	sh as in shoe
Ո ո	Vo	o, vo	o as in more; at the start of a word it's vo
Չ չ	Cha	ch’	ch as in church, with a puff of air
Պ պ	Pe	p	a crisp p with no puff of air, like the p in spin (Western: b)
Ջ ջ	Je	j	j as in jam (Western: ch with a puff of air)
Ռ ռ	Rra	rr	a rolled, trilled r, as in Spanish perro
Ս ս	Se	s	s as in sun
Վ վ	Vev	v	v as in van
Տ տ	Tyun	t	a crisp t with no puff of air, like the t in stop (Western: d)
Ր ր	Re	r	a light, tapped r, as in Spanish pero
Ց ց	Tso	ts’	ts as in cats, with a puff of air
Ւ ւ	Vyun	v	almost always seen in ու, which says oo as in moon
Փ փ	Pyur	p’	p with a puff of air, as in pot
Ք ք	Ke	k’	k with a puff of air, as in kite
Օ օ	O	o	o as in more, even at the start of a word
Ֆ ֆ	Fe	f	f as in fan

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