Zartonk Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 (edited) Hi everyone! I am Zartonk, and I am 17 years old. It's great to finally join this forum, for I've been reading along for a long time now! Anyways.... Here is something that caught my eye: http://www.arminco.com/hayknet/ellib/know.htm Is the Armenian influence on the Cyrillic alphabet, Kiev and Moscow actually accurate or not, and if so, does anyone have more on the subject? Edited April 25, 2007 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 (edited) Hi Zartonk! Welcome to the Forum! Very interesting topic indeed. First let me start with the fact that Leo (Levon), the father of Cyril and Methodious was a Byzantine Armenian. Look closely at the ancient Slavonic script and tell me how many of the signs are exact copy of the Armenian symbols. http://www.volgawriter.com/VW%20Cyrillic.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/glagolitic.htm Academic literature often prescribes (wrongly in my opinion) kinship of the Slavonic alphabet with Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. While the later characters were used to modernize the script, the former two have very little to do with Slavonic. Especially the speculation that Hebrew might have influenced the sound system and the symbols. Such assumption simply lacks any foundation given the very different sound system of Hebrew and IE languages including Slavonic. Look at the first link: The symbol "B" in Cyrillic is nothing but mirror reflection of Armenian "B". The symbol "K" is Armenian "H". The symbol "P" is Armenian "Tho" The symbol "F" is Armenian "Phiur" (Arpa wrote about it) The symbol "D" is Armenian "U", etc... Greek does not have sound for "Ch", while both Armenian and Slavonic have. Take for example the diphthongs. "Sh", "Ch", "DJ", "Jz". And lastly the most unique one "U" like "UP". Note also "Yea" - like (Y)erevan and like (Y)est. Also interesting are some south Russian dialects, which freely use the "Gh" sound. Tovarisht Ghorbachov speaks like that! Edited April 25, 2007 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted April 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 (edited) Hi gamavor! Thank you so much for your reply. Fascinating information, especially coming from someone with who has spent a life speaking a Slavonic tounge. This truley is witness to the ancientness of our written word's legacy. By the way, it's great to finally be here!! Edited April 25, 2007 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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