Countries
Armenian Highland
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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