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speed, was extensively used in the

Armenian diaspora in the 16th to

18th centuries, and later became

popular in printing. Sheghagir, or

"slanted writing", is now the most

common form.

Linguists classify Armenian as

inscriptions. Bolorgir, or "cursive", an independent branch of the

was invented in the 10th century Indo-European language family.

and became popular in the 13th. It Armenian shares a number of major

has been the standard printed form innovations with Greek, and some

since the 16th century. Notrgir, linguists group these two languages

or "minuscule", was invented for together with Phrygian and the