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German vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
9  
1

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
hallo  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Danke  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
guten Morgen  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
bitte  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Ich liebe dich  

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Swabian German  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
arménien  
allemand  

German Name
Armenisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Germans  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
ger  

ISO 639 3
hye  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
arme1241  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Armenian and German Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and German language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Armenian vs German Difficulty

The Armenian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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