Countries
Armenian Highland
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Greek
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
متشکرم
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
صبح به خیر
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
لطفا
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
متاسف
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
خدا حافظ
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
arménien
persan
German Name
Armenisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Persian people
Origin
late 5th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Persian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
fars1254
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Armenian and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Persian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Persian Difficulty
The Armenian vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.