Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
pole
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
bye
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
swahili
  
arménien
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Armenians
  
Origin
6th century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic