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Armenian and Latvian


Latvian and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
38   
20
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
24   
14

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Armenian and Latvian Dialects

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