E, ye, z, and a quiet vowel

Meet ech, za, e, et 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.

ech

Ech usually makes e, but normally ye at the start of a word. Compare Ե ե with Է է.

ech

za

Za makes z. Its pair is Զ զ; do not confuse it with the rounder Ձ ձ.

e

Է է represents e, including at the beginning of a word. It is a different letter from Ե ե.

et

Ը ը is the neutral vowel in about. The letter name et is a label, not its vowel sound.