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The Armenian alphabet is written from left to right because it follows the Greek model of writing.12
Although the script was likely patterned after the Pahlavi script—which was a descendant of the Aramaic alphabet—it shows distinct Greek influence in both its inclusion of letters for vowels and its left-to-right directionality. This system was developed in 405 CE by St. Mesrop Mashtots, who was aided by St. Isaac the Great and a Greek scholar named Rufanos.132