Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

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Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

Յիսուս
յատուկ
յատկապէս
յարաբերութիւն
յետոյ
յայտարարութիւն
յեղափոխութիւն

Actually there is no particular rule to know where you should put Յ/յ where Հ/ հ . You just have to memorize...

Also:
In Iran իւն = in Armenia յուն Ex: գրականութիւն = գրականություն

Or:
In Iran եան= in Armenia յան Ex: Մանուկեան = Մանուկյան

there are some other differences as well such as -e- and -o- and vo...
in Armenia -vo- is used almost everywhere instead of -o-...

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Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

As for կապոյտ, the story is different. It's ոյ (uy) and not յ alone, so it is considered one unique sound and it's the same for both of us in Iran and Armenia.

I have been led to believe that in Armenia, since Soviet 'reforms', Kapuyt is now spelt կապույտ, ie. with ույ rather than just ոյ.

Jesus= Hisus.

So in Armenia, is Jesus now written as Հիսուս or is it still Յիսուս? Sorry to be a pain, just confused!

[karoaper]

Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

I have been led to believe that in Armenia, since Soviet 'reforms', Kapuyt is now spelt կապույտ, ie. with ույ rather than just ոյ.



So in Armenia, is Jesus now written as Հիսուս or is it still Յիսուս? Sorry to be a pain, just confused!

կապույտ & Հիսուս

And even though it is a simplification of the original spelling system, I personally prefer it. It's cleaner and more consistent. After all, that is why it was done, not some sort of conspiracy against the classic style but in the Soviet style of making everything more efficient.

Having said that, if Armenians try to standardize the language system, I concede that for the sake of cultural purity and legacy, the classic style is probably a better choice, even though just cause it's classic it's not necessarily the best.

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Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

կապույտ & Հիսուս

And even though it is a simplification of the original spelling system, I personally prefer it. It's cleaner and more consistent. After all, that is why it was done, not some sort of conspiracy against the classic style but in the Soviet style of making everything more efficient.

Having said that, if Armenians try to standardize the language system, I concede that for the sake of cultural purity and legacy, the classic style is probably a better choice, even though just cause it's classic it's not necessarily the best.

Thanks, Karoaper.
I agree that in some ways the new orthography is 'cleaner and more consistent', but i prefer the old way of writing the endings to certain words such as արեւելեան instead of արեվելյան, արեւմտեան instead of արեվմտյան and միացեալ instead of միացյալ. I think it better reflects the correct pronunciation.