The vowel letters.

• աalike 'a' in 'father'
• եe / ye'ye' word-initially, 'e' elsewhere
• էeopen 'e' as in 'bet'; never glides to 'ye'
• ըəschwa, like 'a' in 'sofa'; often unwritten
• իilike 'ee' in 'see'
• ոo / vo'vo' word-initially, 'o' elsewhere
• օoplain 'o' as in 'more'; never glides to 'vo'
• ուulike 'oo' in 'boot'; a digraph (ո+ւ)