Editing Armenian language (section)

==Orthography==
{{Main|Armenian alphabet|Armenian Braille}}
{{See also|History of the Armenian alphabet}}
[[File:Keyboard Layout Armenian.png|thumb|Armenian [[keyboard layout]] using the [[Armenian alphabet]].]]
The [[Armenian alphabet]] ({{langx|hy|Հայոց գրեր|translit=Hayots grer}} or {{langx|hy|Հայոց այբուբեն|translit=Hayots aybuben}}) is a graphically unique [[alphabet]]ical writing system that is used to write the Armenian language. It was introduced around AD 405 by [[Mesrop Mashtots]], an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader, and originally contained 36 letters. Two more letters, օ (ō) and ֆ (f), were added in the Middle Ages.

During the [[Armenian orthography reform|1920s orthography reform]] in Soviet Armenia, a new letter և (capital ԵՎ) was added, which was a ligature before ե+ւ, whereas the letter Ւ ւ was discarded and reintroduced as part of a new letter ՈՒ ու (which was a digraph before). This alphabet and associated orthography is used by most Armenian speakers of [[Armenia]] and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Neither the alphabet nor the orthography has been adopted by Diaspora Armenians, including Eastern Armenian speakers of Iran and all Western Armenian speakers, who keep using the traditional alphabet and spelling.