Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Not Available
  
French Name
arménien
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic