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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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