Countries
Armenian Highland
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
hej
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
god morgon
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
arménien
  
suédois
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available