The Armenian alphabet ( hy, Հայոց գրեր, ' or , ';
Eastern Armenian: ;
Western Armenian: ) is an
alphabet
An alphabet is a standardized set of basic written symbols
A symbol is a mark, sign, or word
In linguistics, a word of a spoken language can be defined as the smallest sequence of phonemes that can be uttered in isolation with semantic ...

ic writing system used to write
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken ...
. It was developed around 405 AD by
Mesrop Mashtots
Mesrop Mashtots ( hy, Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց '; Eastern Armenian: ; Western Armenian: ; la, Mesrobes Mastosius; 362February 17, 440 AD) was an early medieval Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman and hymnologist. He is best ...

, an Armenian linguist and