Countries
Armenian Highland
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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