Countries
Armenian Highland
  
India
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
arménien
  
santal
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
sant1410
  
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
  
Not Available