Countries
Armenian Highland
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
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 in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
2
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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