Countries
Armenian Highland
South Africa
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Greek
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
hallo
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Dankie
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
goeie more
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
asseblief
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
jammer
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Not Available
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Cape Dutch
French Name
arménien
afrikaans
German Name
Armenisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Afrikaners
Origin
late 5th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
arme1241
afri1274
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic
Armenian and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Afrikaans language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Armenian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.