Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Armenian Highland
  
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
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Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.