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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
