Countries
Armenian Highland
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
arménien
  
népalais
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative