Countries
Armenian Highland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Greek
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-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)
dankjewel
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
goedemorgen
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
sorry
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
pardon
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
arménien
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Armenisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Dutch people
Origin
late 5th century
AD 450-500
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
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
mode1257
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Armenian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Dutch language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Armenian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.