Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Japan
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Not Available
  
French Name
arménien
  
japonais
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic