Countries
Armenian Highland
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Greek
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
pole
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
arménien
  
swahili
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
6th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Swahili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available