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a as in part.

pen

p soft.

kim

k, q.

t soft.

yetch

ye as in yes.

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ne, ce.

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yet

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e as in her, or like the french e

mute in the monosyllables me,

t hard.

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j french, or s in pleasure and z zham hour.

in azure.

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kh as greek X or german ch.

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h.

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J

he

dz or cz as in czar, or z in mezzotinto.

g hard as good.

tz soft.

gh as new greek y, or parisian r.

jor dg as in judge.

m.

h soft in beginning of words; y as boy in the midst; and mute at the end.

wo as in word.

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n.

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sha

sh.

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tsh or ch soft as in church, or like t in nature.

tch or ch in fetch and such. b.

plum eemásd meaning. Ly" luis light.

pump khāvár dark. Oun dzar tree.

կաթն Jan milk.
Հեր kjer hair.
Quj tzine voice.
44 gheg rodder.

ձա
un jar discourse.
Uur mire mother.
Յարդ hat straw.

Gunting nämȧg letter.
Gm shoon dog.
Որդի ohorty son.
Չամիչ tchamich raisin.
Qupp banir cheese.
2mp tshur water.

PRINTING

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my poonch bùnch. Pup kar stone. 07 of air. Ֆարտ fard odd.

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N. B. ā marked with a long accent is pronounced like a in French, and ē like e in Italian.

The sounds given here are the nearest that can be given in English characters: but in some cases the master's voice is indispensable to convey a clear idea of the pronunciation.

The 36 Characters from U to were formed in the fifth century; the last two 0 and 2 were introduced into the Armenian Alphabet inthe twelfth century.

EXAMPLE OF READING

THE LORD'S PRAYER

Հայր մեր

որ

Hayr myer

անուն

եղիցի

յերկինս , սուրբ wor hyergins, soorp yeghitzi

եկեսցէ արքայութիւն քո. arkayootune

anoon ko; yegestze

եղիցին կամք քո որպէս

ko:

յերկինս եւ յերկ. yeghitzin gamk ko worbes hyergins yev hyerg

րի: Զգաց մեր հանապազորդ տուր մեզ Ezhatz myer hanabazort

ri.

այսօր .

եւ

թող մեզ

door mez

զպարտիս մեր, որպէս ayssor; yev togh myez ezbardis myer, worbes եւ մեք թողումք մերոց պարտապանաց . եւ yev myek toghoomk myerotz bārdābānatz; yev

մի տանիր զմեզ ՛ի փորձութիւն, այլ
-
փրկեա
mi danir ezmyez i portzootune, ayl pergia

ի չարէն: ԶԻ փո
tcharen. Zi

զմեզ ezmyez i

Է ար

ko

ē ar

քայութիւն եւ զօրութիւն եւ - փառք յաւիտեանս kāyootune yev zorootune yev pārk hāvidyāns.

ամէն:

amen.

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A syllable is an articulate sound, as wn, ar. m, na. que, tar. wη, aghd. пps, նա,

առ,

լոյս,

դար,

աղտ,

worm. ¿шpq, part. quini, karn. 454g, temk. qop, zor. puq, unt. pp., tiv. sud, zham. [nju, looyce. Sun, dzar. 41, gal. Sup, hire. ¿wju, tzine. Lun, jar. fwjp, mire. ¿, shoon. ¿wp, tchar. 2, tshoor or chiure. upp, soorp., der. pш, ram. gп, tz00. epist, ute or evt. pung, park.

A syllable may be also composed of six letters, as ukfpg, siampk. 24ER, chiurpk. Two or three consonants are sometimes formed before or after a vowel.

Double consonants at the end of a syllable are pronounced short, as шpp, darr. BRR, caghack.

When the word ends with double &, in the pronunciation an is inserted, as

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