Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
آسف
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
arabe
  
arménien
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Armenians
  
Origin
512 CE
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic