Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-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
Halo
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Prosim
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
slovène
  
arménien
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Armenians
  
Origin
972-1093
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic