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Chinese and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Greek   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
24   
19

How Many Consonants
32   
22
23   
13

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Not Available   

French Name
arménien   
chinois   

German Name
Armenisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Han   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
chi   

ISO 639 3
hye   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Armenian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Chinese Speaking population

Armenian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Armenian and Chinese on Armenian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Chinese Language Codes

Armenian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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