Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
arménien
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic