Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
désolé
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Français
  
French Name
arménien
  
français
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic