Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.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
hej
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
hej då
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
suédois
  
arménien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Armenians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic