Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Yoruba 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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
binu
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
arménien
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating