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English vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Greek   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
32   
22
21   
11

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
Hello   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
How are you?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
Good Morning   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
Please   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
Sorry   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
Bye   

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
English   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Not Available   

French Name
arménien   
anglais   

German Name
Armenisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
eng   

ISO 639 3
hye   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
arme1241   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Armenian and English Language History

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

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

Armenian vs English Difficulty

The Armenian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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