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Letter | Name | Romanization | Pronunciation |
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The letter ի is pronounced as [ɐ] before nasal consonants:
- շինակ şinak [ʃɐˈnɔk] "bird"
- սիմակ simak [sɐˈmɔk] "favourite"
The letter ա is pronounced [æ] before a consonant and ե, [ɔ] before velar consonants, and [ə] before ւ.
- կարեմօն karemân [ˈkæremɒn] "hero"
- խազենա xazena [ˈxæzena] "cost"
- վակւօդ vakwâd [vɔˈkʷɒð̞] "study"
- վաշագ vaşag [vaˈʃɔg] "bedroom"
- ջաւօդ jawâd [d͡ʑəˈwɒð̞] "forever"
- աւտո awto [əwˈto] "car"
The letter ջ is pronounced as [t͡ɕ] word finally:
- մարջ marj [mart͡ɕ] "man"
- վանէջ vanêj [vaˈnɛt͡ɕ] "north"
The letters կ and գ are pronounced [t͡ɕ] and [d͡ʑ] before front vowels, though not word initially:
- յերկիր yerkir [jerˈt͡ɕir] "country"
- նեկետ neket [ˈɲet͡ɕet] "during"
- Նորվէգիյե Norvêgiye [norˈvɛd͡ʑije] "Norway"
- վագեր vager [ˈvæd͡ʑer] "fire"
The letters մ and ն assimilate to the following consonant, and ն is pronounced [ɲ] before front vowels:
- ջենկ jenk [d͡ʑeŋk] "war"
- պարանգ parang [paˈraŋg] "copper"
- խանեվօդ xanevâd [ˈxæɲevɒð̞] "family"
- Կշուրնե Kşurne [ˈkʃurɲe] "Kyuren"
The letter հ is not pronounced word finally:
- նեզդեհ nezdeh [ˈɲezde] "close"
- պասոհ pasoh [ˈpaso] "information"
The letters ս, զ, and շ are pronounced [ʒ] before ն:
- խազնր xaznr [ˈxaʒnər] "cost"
- եզնը eznə [ˈeʒnə] "ox"
The letter դ is pronounced [ð̞] post-vocalically:
- դադ dad [dað̞] "milk"
- մադրեսէ madresê [mað̞reˈsɛ] "school"
The letter (sometimes considered a digraph, especially in academia) ու is pronounced [ɨ] before nasal consonants:
- գանուն ganun [gaˈnɨn] "law"
- սաբուն sabun [saˈbɨn] "soap"
- դում dum [dɨm] "smoke"
- ջումխուրիյե jumxuriye [d͡ʑɨmˈxurije] "republic"
The letter լ is pronounced [ʊ̯] after a vowel and before a consonant, and the letter combination ուլ is pronounced [u:]:
- բալդուր baldur [baʊ̯ˈdur] "calf"
- խալգեվադ xalgevad [ˈxaʊ̯gevað̞] "community"
- բալկոն balkon [baʊ̯ˈkon] "balcony"
- սալխր salxr [ˈsaʊ̯xər] "flay"
- պուլսար pulsar [ˈpu:sar] "greedy"
- Բուլղօրստօն Bulğârstân [bu:ˈɣɒrstɒn] "Bulgaria"
The letter տ is pronounced [tʲ] after լ:
- կուլտուր kultur [ˈku:tʲur] "culture"
- կոբալտ kobalt [koˈbaʊ̯tʲ] "cobalt" ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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