Countries
Armenian Highland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Greek
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Griko
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
arménien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Armenisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
late 5th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
arme1241
gree1276
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Armenian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Greek language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Greek Difficulty
The Armenian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.