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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be applied to represent Armenian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles, based on Eastern Armenian.
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| IPA |
Meaning |
| ˈ |
Denotes stress on the following syllable |
- ^ a b c d e Plosives and affricates that are voiced in Eastern Armenian /b d dz dʒ g/ are voiceless aspirated /pʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ kʰ/ in Western Armenian.
| Character |
Eastern |
Western |
| բ |
b |
pʰ |
| դ |
d |
tʰ |
| ձ |
dz |
tsʰ |
| ջ |
dʒ |
tʃʰ |
| գ |
ɡ |
kʰ |
- ^ a b c d e Plosives and affricates that are ejective in Eastern Armenian /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ are voiced /b d dz dʒ g/ in Western Armenian. They were tenuis /p t ts tʃ k/ in Classical Armenian.
| Character |
Eastern |
Western |
| պ |
pʼ |
b |
| տ |
tʼ |
d |
| ց |
tsʼ |
dz |
| ճ |
tʃʼ |
dʒ |
| կ |
kʼ |
g |
- ^ a b The two rhotics represented as <ռ> and <ր> have merged to one sound in Western Armenian.
- ^ <ե> represents [jɛ] when word-initial.
- ^ <ո> represents [vo] when word-initial.
