Armenian

ISO 15924: ArmnAlphabet6 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

Բոլոր մարդիկ ծնվում են ազատ ու հավասար` իրենց արժանապատվությամբ ու իրավունքներով

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Armenian
Geographic origin
Caucasus
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
armn
Created by scholar Mesrop Mashtots c. 405 CE for the Armenian language. One of the oldest national alphabets still in use.

Related Scripts

GeorGeorgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli)AghbCaucasian Albanian

Unicode Blocks

ArmenianU+0530

1 Unicode block contain Armenian characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
6

Middle Armenian
axm
Armenian
hye
Western Armenian
hyw
Kurdish
kur
Lomavren
rmi
Classical Armenian
xcl