Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Not Available
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
arménien
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating