Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

[Armenian]

Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

Յ/յ = H sound at the beginning of the word

Յ/յ = Y sound within the word

For example:

կապոյտ - Kapuyt

Յարութիւն = Harutiun

[karoaper]

Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

1) Յ/ յ = hi

2) Jesus= Hisus

I think the letter Յ/յ is the only difference between Iranian and "Armenian" subsystems of the Eastern Armenian. In Armenia, the Յ/յ is exclusively for the "y@" sound as in կապույտ,կյանք,և այլն.

The "h@" sound in Armenia is exclusively taken care of by the letter Հ/հ. I can't remember the words where the Iranian system uses Յ/յ for the "h@" sound. Lucin jan can you remind me.

[Lucin]

Re: Eastern Armenian pronunciation.

1) Յ/ յ = hi

2) Jesus= Hisus

[womble]

Please, could someone answer these 2 questions for me?

1) In Eastern Armenian, is the letter Յ/յ called hi or yi?

2) In Eastern Armenian, is Jesus' name pronounced as Hisus or Yisus

Thanks.