Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
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
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
arménien
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic