Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
arménien
  
somali
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
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
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
soma1255
  
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