VLACH symbols for Armenian

VLACH uses IPA for all Western Armenian varieties, with the difference that VLACH allows match cases, and prefers (´) for accentuation.

IPA	listen	VLACH	Western Armenian	phonetic description	example (translation)
ɑ	▶	A a	Ա ա	open back unrounded wovel	maz(hair)
b	▶	B b	Պ պ	voiced bilabial plosive	barón (Mister, Baron)
d	▶	D d	Տ տ	voiced alveolar plosive	gadú (cat)
d͡z	▶	Dz dz	Ծ ծ	voiced alveolar sibilant affricate	dzar (tree)
d͡ʒ	▶	Dʒ dʒ	Ճ ճ	voiced palato-alveolar affricate	**dʒaʃél (to eat)**
ɛ	▶	E e	Ե ե ; Է է	open-mid front unrounded vowel	tel (thread); eʃ (donkey)
f	▶	F f	Ֆ ֆ	voiceless labiodental fricative	film (film)
ɡ	▶	G g	Կ կ	voiced velar plosive	gerás (cherry)
h	▶	H h	Հ հ (Յ յ) [1]	voiceless glottal fricative	hamár (number)
i	▶	I i	Ի ի	close front unrounded vowel	intʃ (thing)
j	▶	J j	Յ յ (Ե ե ; Ի ի ; Է է) [2]	palatal approximant	miájn (only)
kʰ	▶	K k	Գ գ ; Ք ք	aspirated voiceless velar plosive	*kir(letter); kit* (nose)
l	▶	L l	Լ լ	alveolar lateral approximant	logánkʰ (bath)
m	▶	M m	Մ մ	bilabial nasal	magán (stick)
n	▶	N n	Ն ն	alveolar nasal	hin(old)
o	▶	O o	Ո ո ; Օ օ	(close-)mid back rounded vowel	hos (here); dot (heat)
pʰ	▶	P p	Բ բ ; Փ փ	aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive	*par(word); petúr* (pen)
ɾ	▶	R r	Ռ ռ ; Ր ր	alveolar tap	razián (fennel); majr (mother)
ʁ	▶	ʁ[3]ʁ	Ղ ղ	voiced uvular fricative	ʁegavarél (to lead)
s	▶	S s	Ս ս	voiceless alveolar sibilant	sev (black)
ʃ	▶	ʃ ʃ	Շ շ	voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant	ʃal(scarf)
tʰ	▶	T t	Դ դ ; Թ թ	aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive	tas (lesson); tas (cup)
t͡sʰ	▶	Ts ts	Ձ ձ ; Ց ց	aspirated voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate	tsajn (voice); tsan (seed)
t͡ʃʰ	▶	Tʃ tʃ	Չ չ ; Ջ ջ	aspirated voiceless palato-alveolar affricate	tʃamán (cumin); tʃan (soul)
u	▶	U u	ՈՒ ու	close back rounded vowel	husám (lavender)
v	▶	V v	Վ վ (Ւ ւ ; ՈՒ ու ; Ո ո) [4]	voiced labiodental fricative	viz (throat)
χ	▶	Χ x	Խ խ	voiceless uvular fricative	xəntsór (apple)
z	▶	Z z	Զ զ	voiced alveolar sibilant	*lez*ú (language)
ʒ	▶	Ʒ ʒ	Ժ ժ	voiced palato-alveolar sibilant	ʒajr (rock)
ə	▶	Ə ə	Ը ը	mid central vowel	əngújz (nut)
ʏ	▶	Ü ü [5]	ԻՒ / Իւ իւ	near-close near-front rounded vowel	hür (guest)
œ	▶	Öö [6]	ԷՕ / Էօ էօ	open-mid front rounded vowel	Öʒén (Eugène)

[1] Alternative letter in brackets: Only in traditional orthography, there only in the beginning of a word, or morpheme.

[2] May in certain words alternatively be expressed by one of the letters indicated in brackets.

[3] Big letter may exist, but is not disposable.

[4] May in certain words alternatively be expressed by one of the letters indicated in brackets.

[5] As like as German ü.

[6] As like as German ö. In loanwords only.

DIPHTHONGS

IPA

VLACH

example (Western Armenian)

example (VLACH)

jɑ

յաղթ

jaʁt (strong)

jɛ

երգ

jerk (song)

jə

հայը

hájǝ (the Armenian)

յիշել

jiʃél (to remember)

յոռի

jorí (bad)

գիտութիւն

kidutjún (science)

հայր

hajr (father)

ɛj

էին

ein (they were)

iə

իյնալ

iənál (to fall)

նարնջագոյն

narntʃakújn (orange)

Name	Purpose	Storage duration	Type	Provider
CookieConsent	Remembers your consent to the use of cookies.	1 year	HTML	Web Consent
fe_typo_user	Assigns your browser to a session on the server. This only affects the content you see and is not evaluated or processed by us	-	HTTP	Web User

Name	Purpose	Storage duration	Type	Provider
_pk_id	Used to store a few details about the user like unique visitor ID.	13 months	HTML	Matomo-id
_pk_ref	Used to store information about the user's referring website.	6 months	HTML	Matomo-ref
_pk_ses	Short-term cookie to save temporary data from the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo-ses
_pk_cvar	Short-term cookie to save temporary data from the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo-cvar
_pk_hsr	Short lived cookie used to temporarily store data for the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo

Name	Purpose	Storage duration	Type	Provider
YouTube	A connection to YouTube will be established to view videos.	-	Connection	YouTube
SoundCloud	A connection to SoundCloud will be established to play audio files.	-	Connection	SoundCloud
Twitter	missing translation: trackingobject.Twitter.desc	-	missing translation: type.	Twitter
_cs_c	missing translation: trackingobject._cs_c.desc	394 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify (ContentSquare)
_cs_id	missing translation: trackingobject._cs_id.desc	394 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify (ContentSquare)
_ga	Used to distinguish users.	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ga_BMC5VGR8YS	missing translation: trackingobject._ga_BMC5VGR8YS.desc	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ga_S0T2DJJFZM	missing translation: trackingobject._ga_S0T2DJJFZM.desc	399 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ga_ZWG1NSHWD8	missing translation: trackingobject._ga_ZWG1NSHWD8.desc	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ga_ZWRF3NLZJZ	missing translation: trackingobject._ga_ZWRF3NLZJZ.desc	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_gid	Used to distinguish users.	1 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ScCbts	missing translation: trackingobject._ScCbts.desc	6 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
_scid	missing translation: trackingobject._scid.desc	395 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
_scid_r	missing translation: trackingobject._scid_r.desc	395 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
eupubconsent-v2	missing translation: trackingobject.eupubconsent-v2.desc	364 days	missing translation: type.	IAB / Spotify
OptanonAlertBoxClosed	Saves the state of your Vimeo data protection consent.	364 days	missing translation: type.	OneTrust
OptanonConsent	Saves the state of your Vimeo data protection consent.	365 days	missing translation: type.	OneTrust
sp_adid	missing translation: trackingobject.sp_adid.desc	365 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
sp_landing	missing translation: trackingobject.sp_landing.desc	1 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
sp_m	missing translation: trackingobject.sp_m.desc	399 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
sp_t	missing translation: trackingobject.sp_t.desc	365 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify

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DIPHTHONGS