Countries
Armenian Highland
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
arménien
  
maithili
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Maithil
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available