Countries
Armenian Highland
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
arménien
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Irish people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional