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Armenian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Thank you   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Good Night   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Please   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Sorry   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
Bye   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
I love you   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

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

French Name
anglais   
arménien   

German Name
Englisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Armenians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
arm   

ISO 639 3
eng   
hye   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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English and Armenian Language History

Comparison of English vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Armenian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Armenian Language History.

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

English vs Armenian Difficulty

The English vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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