Countries
European Union, Finland
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Finnish-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
Moi
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
haluta
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Heippa
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
Not Available
  
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
finnois
  
arménien
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1543
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
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, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic