diff --git a/java/res/values-hy/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values-hy/donottranslate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4a6d188fbe3d4cb4220ccb2f922134346e8876d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/res/values-hy/donottranslate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2013, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
+    <!-- Same list as in English, but add armenian period and comma: -->
+    <!-- U+055D: "՝" ARMENIAN COMMA -->
+    <!-- U+0589: "Ö‰" ARMENIAN FULL STOP -->
+    <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->
+    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}&amp;&#x0589;&#x055D;</string>
+    <!-- Symbols that separate words. Adding armenian period and comma. -->
+    <!-- Don't remove the enclosing double quotes, they protect whitespace (not just U+0020) -->
+    <string name="symbols_word_separators">"&#x0009;&#x0020;\n"()[]{}*&amp;&lt;&gt;+=|.,;:!?/_\"&#x0589;&#x055D;</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
index 11c22109bfc72f42e72f48609e324d44eb776603..c4f96016cb7b2bbb57a55101cdb0c1cfa6d97882 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ public final class Constants {
     public static final int CODE_TAB = '\t';
     public static final int CODE_SPACE = ' ';
     public static final int CODE_PERIOD = '.';
+    public static final int CODE_ARMENIAN_PERIOD = 0x0589;
     public static final int CODE_DASH = '-';
     public static final int CODE_SINGLE_QUOTE = '\'';
     public static final int CODE_DOUBLE_QUOTE = '"';
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CapsModeUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CapsModeUtils.java
index 2f91c5743a094753f6f77f089acd17e4c017ca27..60b24d5d529dceedbf61ad0ef7302e6ab3e9f366 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CapsModeUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CapsModeUtils.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public final class CapsModeUtils {
                 || WordComposer.CAPS_MODE_AUTO_SHIFT_LOCKED == mode;
     }
 
+    private static boolean isPeriod(final int codePoint) {
+        // TODO: make this a resource.
+        return codePoint == Constants.CODE_PERIOD || codePoint == Constants.CODE_ARMENIAN_PERIOD;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine what caps mode should be in effect at the current offset in
      * the text. Only the mode bits set in <var>reqModes</var> will be
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ public final class CapsModeUtils {
         if (c == Constants.CODE_QUESTION_MARK || c == Constants.CODE_EXCLAMATION_MARK) {
             return (TextUtils.CAP_MODE_CHARACTERS | TextUtils.CAP_MODE_SENTENCES) & reqModes;
         }
-        if (c != Constants.CODE_PERIOD || j <= 0) {
+        if (!isPeriod(c) || j <= 0) {
             return (TextUtils.CAP_MODE_CHARACTERS | TextUtils.CAP_MODE_WORDS) & reqModes;
         }
 
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ public final class CapsModeUtils {
             case WORD:
                 if (Character.isLetter(c)) {
                     state = WORD;
-                } else if (c == Constants.CODE_PERIOD) {
+                } else if (isPeriod(c)) {
                     state = PERIOD;
                 } else {
                     return caps;
@@ -256,7 +261,7 @@ public final class CapsModeUtils {
             case LETTER:
                 if (Character.isLetter(c)) {
                     state = LETTER;
-                } else if (c == Constants.CODE_PERIOD) {
+                } else if (isPeriod(c)) {
                     state = PERIOD;
                 } else {
                     return noCaps;