Countries
Armenian Highland
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Lettish
  
French Name
arménien
  
letton
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
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
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic