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
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Greek
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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Dialect 2
Wu
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Not Applicable
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
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Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
chinois
arménien
German Name
Chinesisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Origin
1250 BC
late 5th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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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 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sini1245
arme1241
Linguasphere
79-AAA
57-AAA-a
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.
