Armenian: Alphabet

: Historically, each letter also held a numerical value , allowing the alphabet to be used for mathematical calculations and recording dates.

: St. Mesrop Mashtots, with the support of King Vramshapuh and Catholicos Sahak Partev, designed the script to perfectly match the sounds of the Armenian language. The first sentence written was from the Book of Proverbs: "To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding" . armenian alphabet

If you are interested in trying the script, here are some common Armenian greetings : : Բարեւ ( Barev ) Good morning : Բարի լույս ( Bari luys ) : Historically, each letter also held a numerical

: Շնորհակալություն ( Shnorhakalutyun )—though many colloquially use "merci". The first sentence written was from the Book

: The script is visually independent, not resembling Latin, Cyrillic, or Arabic scripts, though its left-to-right direction was influenced by Greek.