Հայերենի այբուբեն ( Armenian alphabet )

The Armenian alphabet (Armenian: Հայոց գրեր, Hayoc’ grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayoc’ aybuben) is an alphabetic writing system used to write Armenian. It was developed around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader. However, the earliest surviving manuscripts written in Armenian using Armenian script date from the 9th–10th century. The system originally had 36 letters; eventually, two more were adopted. The alphabet was also in wide use in the Ottoman Empire around the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Armenian word for 'alphabet' is այբուբեն (aybuben), named after the first two letters of the Armenian alphabet: Ա Armenian: այբ ayb and Բ Armenian: բեն ben. Armenian is written horizontally, left to right.

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