Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
arménien
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional