Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Germany
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-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
hallo
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
bitte
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
allemand
  
arménien
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Armenians
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic