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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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