Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-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
Ahoj
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Prosím
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
slovaque
  
arménien
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Armenians
  
Origin
6th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic