Countries
Nigeria
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Don Allah
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
haoussa
  
arménien
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
14
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic