Countries
South Africa
Armenian Highland
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
17th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
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
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
arme1241
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.