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Wish to know which are the consonants when it comes to Armenian language? In articulatory phonetics, a Armenian consonant is usually a speech sound that is articulated with complete as well as partial closure of the vocal tract. The word consonant can be employed to make reference to a letter of a Armenian alphabet which indicates a consonant sound. Learn More
Armenian Consonants Chart
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Armenian Consonants in Alphabet
| 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 scar, 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 spar, 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 star, 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 |
| ԵՎ/և yev | like devil, but read yev when at the beginning of the word |
| Бб | like "b" in "bit" |
| Вв | like "v" in "vine" |
| Гг | approx. like "h" in "how" [aspirated like the 'ck' in "brick"] |
| Ґґ | like "g" in "go" [not often used] |
| Дд | like "d" in "do" |
| ДЖдж | like "j" in "journey" |
| ДЗЬдзь | approx. like "ds" in "raids" |
| Жж | like "s" in "pleasure" |
| Зз | like "z" in "zoo" |
| ЗЬзь | soft palatalized sound in between "z" and "zh". |
| Кк | like "k" in "kitten" |
| Лл | like "l" in "lady" |
| ЛЬль | soft "l" like "l" in "lemon" |
| Мм | like "m" in "my" |
| Нн | like "n" in "not" or like the "ny" in "canyon" |
| НЬнь | like "n" in "near" |
| Пп | like "p" in "pot" |
| Рр | trilled "r" (similar to a Spanish "r") |
| Сс | like "s" in "sun" |
| СЬсь | soft palatalized sound in between "s" and "sh". |
| Тт | like "t" in "tip" |
| Ўў | like final "w" in "window" |
| Фф | like "f" in "face" |
| Хх | like "ch" in Scottish "loch" |
| Цц | like "ts" in "cats" |
| ЦЬць | soft palatalized sound in between "ts" and "ch". |
| Чч | like the 'ch' in "chest" |
| Шш | like "sh" in "shut" |
| Ыы | like the 'y' in 'possibly' |
| Ьь | silent |
| Юю | like "u" in "duke"[iu] |
| Яя | like "ya" in "yard" or the "ia" in "mia" |
Armenian Diphthongs in Alphabet
| ай | like 'eye' |
| яй | like saying 'ya' in "yard" and 'eye' [yah-ee] |
| ой | like 'oy' in "boy" [oy] |
| ей | like 'ye' in "yet" and 'ay' in "play" [yeh ee] |
| эй | like 'ey' in "prey" [ey] |
| ый | like 'i' in "Chris" and 'y' in "yes" similar to saying "possibly yes" [ee yeh] |
| уй | like 'oo' in "good" and 'y' in "yet" [oo yeh] |
| юй | like 'you' and 'y' in "play" [yoo ee] |
| аў | like 'ou' in "out" [ah oo] |
| яў | like saying 'ya' in "yard" and 'ou' in "out" [yah oo] |
| оў | like the 'ow' in "grow" [oh oo] |
| еў | like 'ye' in "yet" and 'wo' in "won't" [yeh woh] |
| эў | like 'e' in 'end' and 'wo' in "won't" [eh woh] |
Select the hyperlinks below to view a number of helpful Armenian holiday phrases which you’ll find organized by group. For each holiday word or phrase in Armenian, there’ll be the actual English translation.
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