Countries
Armenian Highland
South Africa
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Greek
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Unjani
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Molo
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Ndicela
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
South Africa
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
South Africa
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
arménien
xhosa
German Name
Armenisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Armenians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
late 5th century
16th 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
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
xhos1239
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
Armenian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Xhosa language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Armenian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.