Countries
South Africa
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Greek
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3238
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1732
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Dankie
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
goeie nag
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
goeie more
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
asseblief
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
jammer
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Totsiens
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
-
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
-
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Namibia
-
How Many People Speak
7.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
afrikaans
arménien
German Name
Afrikaans
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Armenians
Origin
17th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
hye
ISO 639 2/B
afr
arm
ISO 639 3
afr
hye
ISO 639 6
afrs
hye
Glottocode
afri1274
arme1241
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative, Synthetic