Countries
Armenian Highland
Japan
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Palau
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Greek
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Kansai
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
日本語
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Not Available
French Name
arménien
japonais
German Name
Armenisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
late 5th century
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
nucl1643
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Armenian and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Japanese language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Japanese Difficulty
The Armenian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.
