Countries
Armenian Highland
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Not Available
  
French Name
arménien
  
mongol
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available