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Armenian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Greek   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
russe   
arménien   

German Name
Russisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Armenians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
arm   

ISO 639 3
rus   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Russian and Armenian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Armenian Speaking population

Russian and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Armenian on Russian vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Armenian Language Codes

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