Countries
Armenian Highland
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
arménien
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1887
  
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
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative