Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
arménien
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
AD 450-500
  
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
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic