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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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