Countries
Armenian Highland
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Greek
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Olonets
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Русский
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Russki
French Name
arménien
russe
German Name
Armenisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Russians
Origin
late 5th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
russ1263
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Armenian and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Russian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Russian Difficulty
The Armenian vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.