Armenian alphabet

Origin
In about 404 or 406 AD, a cleric at the Armenian royal court by the
name of Mesrop Mashtots (361-440 AD) invented the Armenian
alphabet. He modelled the Armenian alphabet very losely on the
Greek alphabet and was also possibly influenced by the Assyrian
script.

Notable features

Written horizontally from left to right.

There are a few minor differences in the pronunciation
of the letters between the two main dialects of
Armenian: Western and Eastern.
Most of the letters have numerical values.

Used to write
Armenian, an Indo-European language spoken in Armenia, Iran,
Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and many other countries by about 6
million people. The Armenian name for the Armenian language is
Hayeren. A significant number of Armenian root words owe their
origin to or are similar to roots in Old Persian, revealing common
Indo-European ancestry.

Eastern Armenian alphabet

Western Armenian alphabet

Armenian punctuation

Sample text in Armenian

Transliteration
Bolor mardik tsnvum en azat u havasar irents arzganapatkutyamb u
iravunknerov. Nrank unen banakanutyun u khighch - mimyants
petk eghbayrabar veraberven.

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one
another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)