Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
azafady
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
arménien
  
malgache
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available