Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
India
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Not Available
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
arménien
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available