<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Armenian alphabet</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>alphabets</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Armenian characters</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Armenian script</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alphabet, Armenian</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ An alphabet created by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots ca. 405 CE, with 36 original characters, and auxiliary letters added later historically. Used from the fifth century for the preservation of Armenian cultural and literary identity. ]]></note></mads>