Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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 in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Mi petas
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not Applicable
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
Esperanto
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
espéranto
  
arménien
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1887
  
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
Proto-Esperanto
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic