Countries
Armenian Highland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Greek
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Habari
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Asante
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
tafadhali
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
pole
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
arménien
swahili
German Name
Armenisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Armenians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
late 5th century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
swah1254
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
Armenian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Swahili language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Armenian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.
