526 On the invention of the Armenian Alphabet. [No. 163. 



The following are their forms, names, and sounds, (continued.) 



Forms. 



Names. 



Sounds. 



»l 



k 



f 





Ghien, .. 



G hard. 



t, 



K 



4 





Hwoh, . . 



H. 



a 



a 



$ 



. . 



Tzah, . . 



TZ soft. 



1. 



i_ 



1 





Ghahd, . . 



Gh or as y Greek. 



z5 



t£ 



* 





Je or Jde, 



I or G soft. 



vr 



J- 



s 





Mien, .. .. 



M. 



6 



J 



) 



.. 



He or Ye, 



H soft. 



% 



% 



I 



.. 



Noo, 



N. 



c. 



2 



1 



.. 



Shah, . . 



Sh. 



a 



n 



n 





Wo, 



Wo (as in worthy.) 



a 



L 



t 



.. 



Tchah, . . - 



Teh or Ch (as in charity) 



<n 



H 



*t 





Pe 



re, . . 



P. 



JL* 



I 



I 





TcheorChe, ... 



Ch or Teh soft. 



n- 



IV. 



«- 





Rah, .. .. 



R hard ( as in raft.) 



u 



u 



M 



.. 



Se, 



S. 



*u 



■L 



i 



• '« 



Viev, 



V. 



s 



in 



«*♦ 



.. 



Tune, .. 



T. 



p 



I 1 



P 



. . 



Re, .. .. 



R soft. 



8 



3 



9 





Tzvoh, .. .. 



Tz hard. 



h 



L. 



*■ 



.. 



Une, 



U. 



* 



•b 



« 



• • 



Pure, 



P. 



^ 



■p 



^ 





Ke, .. .. 



K or Ch (as in archangel.) 



C) 



o 







.. 



O, .. .. 



O. 



<£ 



$ 



* 



.. 



Pha, or Fe, . . 



Ph or F. 



It is worthy of notice, that a beautifully lithographed folio volume 

 on Armenian Caligraphy was published at Venice in 1834. In this 

 interesting publication is given a great variety of specimens of the Ar- 

 menian alphabet, in nearly thirty different forms, which must certain- 

 ly excite the wonder of orientalists, and the admiration of the lovers 

 of Armenian literature. A similar publication has, it appears, lately 

 issued from the Armenian press at Vienna, but not a single copy of it 

 has as yet reached us in India. 



