Countries
Countries
Armenian Highland
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
6
9
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Greek
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Romanian.jpg#200
Alphabets
38
20
31
13
Phonology
How Many Vowels
6
3
7
4
How Many Consonants
32
22
20
10
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
12
9
6
5
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
24 weeks
6
Greetings
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
alo
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
multumesc
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
bună Dimineața
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Vă Rog
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
scuze
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
La revedere
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Scuza-Ma
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
250,000.00
38
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
5,000.00
99+
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1,400.00
37
Total No. Of Dialects
2
2
10
10
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
99+
28.00 million
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.37 %
35
Native Speakers
6.00 million
99+
24.00 million
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
4.00 million
30
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Română
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
arménien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Armenisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Romanians
History
Origin
late 5th century
1521
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
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Romanian
Language Position
Not Available
36
28
Signed Forms
Not Available
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
hy
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
ron
ISO 639 2/B
arm
rum
ISO 639 3
hye
ron
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
roma1327
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
