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Estonian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Estonian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Armenian language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Armenian Language History.

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

Estonian vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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