Pronunciation

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Consonants

Բ/բ ben
like big

Գ/գ gim
like goat

Դ/դ da
like dark

Զ/զ za
like zoo

Թ/թ toh
like tiger, aspirated

Ժ/ժ zhe
like measure

Լ/լ lyun
like light

Խ/խ kheh
like Scottish loch or German Aachen

Ծ/ծ tsa
like cats

Կ/կ ken
like keep, unaspirated

Ձ/ձ dza
like beds

Ղ/ղ ghat
like French gutteral "r", alternatively like Baghdad

Ճ/ճ tcheh
like church

Մ/մ men
like mouse

Ն/ն noo
like north

Շ/շ sha
like shark

Չ/չ cha
like chicken

Պ/պ peh
like sport, unaspirated

Ջ/ջ jeh
like jar

Ռ/ռ ra
rolled "r" as in Spanish

Ս/ս seh
like swim

Վ/վ vev
like vote

Տ/տ tyoon
like stop, unaspirated

Ր/ր reh
soft "r", like rest

Ց/ց tsoh
like tsunami

Փ/փ pyoor
like pot, aspirated

Ք/ք qeh
like question, aspirated

Ֆ/ֆ feh
like fork

Letter և (yev)

ԵՎ/և yev
like devil, but read yev when at the beginning of the word

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