My Armenia

This is my Armenia. Although it may look small on the map but a great nation lives here - Armenians. We call ourselves Hay [hai] and our land Hayastan. Nowadays Armenia is situated in a small part of the highland called Armenian highland main part of which is now in the territory of Turkey.

Map of the Republic of Armenia

Our language is Armenian- one of the oldest Indo-European languages of the world. Our alphabet is unique. You can never see any letters like this in any language. The alphabet was created by Saint Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD.

Armenian alphabet

The first sentence in Armenian written down by St. Mesrop after he invented the letters is said to be the opening line of Solomon’s Book of Proverbs:

	Ճանաչել զիմաստութիւն եւ զխրատ, իմանալ զբանս հանճարոյ: «To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding.»
—Book of Proverbs, 1:2.