Countries
Armenian Highland
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
arménien
  
kannada
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available