Countries
Armenian Highland
  
India
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Chike
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
arménien
  
konkani
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available