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Classical Armenian (Armenian: գրաբար grabar, meaning "literary"; also Old Armenian or Liturgical Armenian) is the oldest attested form of the Armenian language. It was first written down at the beginning of the 5th century, and all Armenian literature from then through the 18th century is in the Grabar Armenian language. Many ancient Greek, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, and Latin manuscripts survive only in their Armenian translation. Classical Armenian continues to be the liturgical language of the Armenian Apostolic Church and is often learned by Biblical, Intertestamental, and Patristic scholars dedicated to textual studies. Classical Armenian is also important for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European language, since it preserves many archaic features.
Classical Armenian has seven monophthong vowels:
There are also traditionally six diphthongs:
In the following table there is listed the Classical Armenian consonantal system. The occlusives and affricates have in addition to the more common voiced and unvoiced series also a separate aspirated series (transcribed with a spiritus asper after the letter): p῾, t῾, c῾, č῾, k῾. For each phoneme there are three symbols in the table. The leftmost indicates the pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); in the middle there is the corresponding symbol in the Armenian alphabet; and the rightmost is its transliteration in Latin alphabet (following ISO 9985).
I got a call to rule the underworld
That passion burns in me
I've got a gift and a commanding mind
My faith will set me free
Stand before me now
Take what I give and you will make it back
There ain't a law
There ain't a reson why
No man should feel that hurt
What's in your heart should be enough for you
Believe in what you're worth
Forget the past
Rorget the negative
Just crush what brings you down
Be merciless in your awakening
Accept the things you've found
Release that hold
Take all you've known
Release that hold