Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
arménien
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Georgians
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic