Four new outlines to recognise

Meet dza, ghat, tche, men 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.

dza

Ձ ձ makes dz, as at the end of adds. Compare Ձ Զ and ձ զ.

dza

ghat

Ղ ղ makes voiced friction at the back of the mouth, not English g. Compare ղ խ visually.

ghat

tche

Ճ ճ makes ch without a strong puff. Չ չ is airy ch; Ջ ջ is voiced j.

tche

men

Մ մ makes m. Compare մ ն: look at the start of the letter as well as the final stroke.

men