Key characteristics of the Armenian language
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Independent Indo-European Branch
Armenian forms its own branch of Indo-European, unrelated to the Turkic or Kartvelian languages of its neighbours.
Unique Alphabet
Written in its own 39-letter alphabet, created in 405 AD and used for no other language.
Eastern and Western Standards
Eastern Armenian (Armenia, Iran) and Western Armenian (the diaspora) differ in pronunciation and some grammar.
Rich Morphology
An elaborate system of noun cases and verb forms conveys grammatical relationships with precision.
Layered Vocabulary
A distinct native core with historical borrowings from Persian, Greek and other contact languages.
Distinct Phonology
A consonant system unusual for Indo-European, including a three-way contrast among stops in Eastern Armenian.
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