The Armenian language, celebrated for its antiquity, is modelled in a 'great measure by the Greek and Syriac, the richest. Idioms in the world; but it has undergone since its origin numer ous and considerable alterations both in syntax and by the ad0p tion of words from foreign languages. This is especially observed in the translations of Greek and Syriac. Authors during the VI, VII, K'and XII centuries of our sera.