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Armenian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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

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

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

Similar To
Greek   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
32   
22
17   
7

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
hallo   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
Dankie   

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

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
goeie more   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
asseblief   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
jammer   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
Not Available   

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

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

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

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

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
Afrikaans   

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

French Name
arménien   
afrikaans   

German Name
Armenisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
afr   

ISO 639 3
hye   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
arme1241   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Armenian and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Armenian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Afrikaans Speaking population

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Armenian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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