Հին հայերենի յ (y/i̭) ձայնորդը տարաժամանակյա և համաժամանակյա հայեցակերպերում

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Defining the characteristic features of Ancient Armenian sonorant յ (y/i̭) causes considerable difficulties, which often leads to disagreements in terms of etymology and phonemic status of the latter. Particularly, 1) Ancient Armenian յ (y/i̭) stems from various Indo-European sound components; 2) in the phonetic system of classical Armenian (we assume earlier as well) յ (y/i̭) fulfilled both a phonemic, as well as a sub-phonemic function.