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Did you know this about... Armenian?
01Armenian has its own unique script, the alphabet was invented in 405–6 AD by the linguist and cleric Mesrop Mashtots under influences from Greek (as reflected in the alphabetical order and the left-to-right direction of writing). The alphabet's original 36 letters were well suited for the Old Armenian language. Three additional letters, 'ev', 'o' and 'fe', were added later during the late Middle Ages to write loan words, bringing the total number of letters to 39.
02Classical Armenian has no grammatical gender, not even in the pronoun, but there is a feminine suffix
03There are two major standardized versions of Armenian: Western Armenian, which was based on a version of nineteenth century Armenian spoken in Istanbul and is used mainly in the Diaspora, and Eastern Armenian, which was based on the Armenian spoken in Yerevan and is used in the ex-Soviet countries and Iran.
04The European Day of Languages is not the only day celebrating languages in Armenia. The Holy Translators Day in October celebrates and honours the lives and accomplishments of the founders of the Armenian alphabet who translated the Bible into Armenian.
What does Armenian sound like? Listen to an Armenian radio station.