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Afrikaans vs Armenian


Armenian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Greek  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Dankie  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
asseblief  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
jammer  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Not Available  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Not Applicable  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Not Applicable  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
afrikaans  
arménien  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Armenians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
arm  

ISO 639 3
afr  
hye  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Afrikaans and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Armenian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Armenian Language History.

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Afrikaans and Armenian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Armenian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Armenian Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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