Countries
Armenian Highland
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
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
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
arménien
  
coréen
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Koreans
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative