Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
arménien
  
shona
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available