Middle Armenian

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History of the
Armenian language
(see also: Armenian alphabet)
Proto-Armenian
Graeco-Armenian hypothesis
Classical Armenian (from 405)
Middle Armenian (c. 1100–1700)
Modern Armenian (c. 1820 to present)
Eastern Armenian
Western Armenian

Middle Armenian (c. 1100–1700) Grabar was predominantly an inflection and synthetic language, while in Middle Armenian, during the period of ashkhrabar influence, agglutinative and analytical forms influenced the language.[1] In this respect, Middle Armenian is a transition stage from Old Armenian to Modern Armenian or ashkharabar. Although Modern Armenian started to form under conditions of strong dialect differences, decline of old literature and manuscript traditions. Middle Armenian is a transition stage from Old Armenian to Modern Armenian or ashkharabar.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ History of the Armenian Language in the Pre-Written Period, Yerevan, 1987.
  2. ^ H.Acharian, History of the Armenian Language, parts I-II,
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