A puff of air, a buzz, a vowel

One letter, two cases

These lessons use Eastern Armenian pronunciation and modern reformed spelling. Capitals start sentences and names; most running text is lowercase. The capital and lowercase are the same letter and sound. There are no Arabic-style positional forms.

to

Թ թ is t with a puff of air. Compare it with plain Տ տ and voiced Դ դ.

թ

to

zhe

Ժ ժ makes the sound in measure. Its voiceless partner is Շ շ, sh.

ժ

zhe

ini

Ի ի makes ee, as in see. Do not read the letter name ini as the sound.

ի

ini

lyun

Լ լ makes l. The lowercase letter extends downward; compare լ ի.

լ

lyun