Countries
Armenian Highland
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
arménien
  
slovène
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
972-1093
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional