Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Israel
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
arménien
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic