Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
arménien
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic