Plosive voicing acoustics and voice quality in Yerevan Armenian.

•Yerevan Armenian voiced plosives are breathy voiced but differ from Indic ones.•The voiceless unaspirated plosives are modal for six speakers and tense for two.•Voicing strength and aspiration create a three-way initial and final contrast.•Back vowel fronting after breathy stops suggests breathy stops in earlier Armenian.•Full article contents are available at https://osf.io/wy45v/.