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•  Used to write: Armenian, and



                                                                                                                                         formerly used for Turkish, Azeri,




                                                                                                                                         Kipchak and Kurdish



                                                                                                                                         •  There are a few minor differences



                                                                                                                                         in the pronunciation of  the letters




                                                                                                                                         between the two standard literary



                                                                                                                                         forms of  Armenian: Western and




            with an Armenian grammar and a                                                                                               Eastern.



            largely Romani-derived vocabulary,                                                                                           •  Most of  the letters have numerical



            including Romani numbers.                                                                                                    values




            Notable Features



            •  Type of  writing system: alphabet




            •  Direction of  writing: left to right



            in horizontal lines
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