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Armenian vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
您好  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
晚安  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
下午好  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
早上好  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
请  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
遗憾  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
再见  

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

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
arménien  
Not Available  

German Name
Armenisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Standard Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
hye  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arme1241  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Armenian and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Cantonese language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. 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 Cantonese Language History.

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

Armenian vs Cantonese Difficulty

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

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