Armenian Alphabet English Sound Pronunciation Example English Sound

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Armenian English Pronunciation

English Sound
Alphabet Sound Example

Like the 'ah' in 'father'

b p like the 'b' in 'boat'

like the 'k' in 'key' or 'g' in


k
'goat'

d t like the 'd' in 'dog'

like the 'ye' in 'yet' or 'eh'


(j) (j)
in 'bet'

z z like the 'z' in 'zebra'

Like the 'e' in 'end'

Like the 'u' in 'but'

t t Like the 't' in 'tomorrow'

Like the 's' in 'measure'

i i Like the 'ee' in 'meet'

l l Like the 'l' in 'lily'


Armenian English Pronunciation
English Sound
Alphabet Sound Example

Like guttural 'ch' in 'Bach'

ts dz Like the 'tz' in 'Mitzi'

k Like the 'ck' in 'Micky'

h h Like the 'h' in 'hello'

dz ts Like the 'ds' in 'kids'

Like a guttural French 'r'

t d Like a hard, clipped 'j'

m m Like the 'm' in 'mom'

Like the 'y' in 'year' or 'y'


j j
in 'buy'

n n Like the 'n' in 'number'

Like the 'sh' in 'shower'

Like the 'vo' in 'vocal'


(v)o (v)o
(beginning) or 'o' in 'low'
Armenian English Pronunciation
English Sound
Alphabet Sound Example

(within a word)

t t Like the 'ch' in 'church'

p b Like the 'p' in 'pizza'

d t Like the 'j' in 'jeans'

r r/ Like the rolled Spanish 'r'

s s Like the 's' in 'sand'

v v Like the 'v' in 'Victor'

t d Like a hard 't' in 'but'

Like the 'r' in 'red' or 'rh'



in 'bother' (word endings)

ts ts Like the 'ts' in 'bits'

v v like the 'oo' in 'cool'

p p like the 'p' in 'pear'


Armenian English Pronunciation
English Sound
Alphabet Sound Example

k k like the 'k' in 'kite'

o o like the 'o' in 'bone'

f f like the 'f' in 'life'

u u like the 'oo' in 'cool'

Combination of sounds
(j)v (j)v
'ye' and 'v'

: : : Full stop or period.

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