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Arabic vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Greek   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Arabic.jpg#200   

Alphabets
38   
20
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
32   
22
28   
18

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
صباح الخير   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
آسف   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
وداعا   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
arménien   
arabe   

German Name
Armenisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Arabs   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
ara   

ISO 639 3
hye   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Armenian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Arabic language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Armenian and Arabic Language History.

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Armenian and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Arabic language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Armenian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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