Countries
Armenian Highland
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
arménien
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative