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The Armenian alphabet was developed around AD 405 by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader. The script originally had 36 letters. Eventually, two more were adopted in the 13th century. In reformed Armenian orthography (1920s), the ligature և ev is also treated as a letter, bringing the total number of letters to 39. The word ԱՍՏՈՒԱԾ (Աստուած [ASTUAC], “God”) is abbreviated as Ած՟ 1. Only the first and the last letters are written, under the Armenian abbreviation mark. This paper

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Richter, Joannes

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