Countries
Armenian Highland
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
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
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
arménien
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available