Countries
Armenian Highland
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
North America
  
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.
  
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Not available
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Arizona
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Navaho
  
French Name
arménien
  
navaho
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Athapascan
  
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
  
Navajo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic