Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Palun
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
eesti keel
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
estonien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
13th century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic