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that the Greek alphabet was the



                                                                                                                                         best alphabet in use at that time




                                                                                                                                         because there was an almost one-to-



                                                                                                                                         one correspondence between sounds



                                                                                                                                         and letters. He used this model to




                                                                                                                                         come up with a new alphabet, which



                                                                                                                                         he presented to the king when he



                                                                                                                                         returned to Armenia in 405 AD.


            Albanian alphabets around the same                                                                                           The new alphabet was well-received




            time.                                                                                                                        and a new Armenian translation of





                                                                                                                                         the bible was published in 405 AD.

            Mashtots travelled to Alexandria,                                                                                            Other literary works soon followed.




            where he studied the principles of



            writing and came to the conclusion                                                                                           There are two standard forms of
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