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Not much is known about the
Armenian language before it was
first written in the 5th century AD,
though the Armenians are mentioned
in inscriptions dating back to the 6th
century BC.
The type of Armenian spoken and
written in the 5th century is known
as Classical Armenian (grabar). It
contains numerous loanwords from
Parthian, and also from Greek,
Syriac, Latin and other languages
such as Uratian. Grabar continued to
