Countries
Armenian Highland
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
South Africa
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Greek
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Hello
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Thank you
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
How are you?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Night
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Good Morning
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Please
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Sorry
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
I love you
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
American English
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
English
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
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French Name
arménien
anglais
German Name
Armenisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Armenians
Not Available
Origin
late 5th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
arme1241
stan1293
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic