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    It bears superficial resemblance to both the Greek and Amharic alphabets.

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    I would guess, that the Armenian alphabet, is partly based on a Greek variant. And this may also be true concerning the other alphabets, like the Georgian. How many people may know that the Latin alphabet also originated as a variant of the Greek. This is my guess, but of course I could be wrong.

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    Armenian Alphabet was influenced by Greek, Latin, Syriac alphabets. There are also some similarities with Coptic Script.

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    Mesrop Mashtots has invented the first Armenian alphabet as well as the Georgian alphabet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Musso View Post
    Armenian Alphabet was influenced by Greek, Latin, Syriac alphabets. There are also some similarities with Coptic Script.
    Even Latin? Is there any letter in the Armenian alphabet, that may look similar to Latin ones?

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    Do Georgians and Armenians share the same alphabet!? The Armenian alpbabet reminds me of the Hindu alphabet for some strange reason

    Hindu alphabet:


    Armenian:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild North View Post
    Even Latin? Is there any letter in the Armenian alphabet, that may look similar to Latin ones?
    How about these? օ , ո , ս , հ , լ , ւ , ր , յ , ց , գ

    Quote Originally Posted by crank View Post
    Do Georgians and Armenians share the same alphabet!? The Armenian alpbabet reminds me of the Hindu alphabet for some strange reason

    Hindu alphabet:


    Armenian:
    Well the founder of the Armenian Alphabet, Mesrop Mashtots, also made the Georgian alphabet, that is why the upper case georgian letters are so similar to Armenian. He also made the Caucasian Albanian alphabet.

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    I've read that Mesrop Mashtots was from Varto, Mush

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    Could the Armenian alphabet have had an influence on the Cyrillic?

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