Ch, p, j, and a rolling r

Meet cha, pe, je, ra and practise telling them apart.

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.

cha

Չ չ is ch with a puff of air. Compare Ճ ճ for plain ch and Ջ ջ for j.

cha

pe

Պ պ is p without a strong puff. Փ փ is aspirated and Բ բ is voiced b.

je

Ջ ջ makes j, as in jam. Compare the endings of ջ չ ճ.

ra

Ռ ռ is a trilled r. Ր ր is usually a shorter tap; the two are separate letters.