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Armenian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
32   
22

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
chinois   
arménien   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Armenians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
arm   

ISO 639 3
zho   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Chinese and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Armenian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Armenian Language History.

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Chinese and Armenian 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 Chinese and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Armenian language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Armenian Difficulty

The Chinese vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Armenian 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 Chinese and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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