Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
bok
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
molim
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
arménien
  
croate
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Croats
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European 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
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic