Countries
South Africa
Armenian Highland
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Namibia
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
arme1241
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Armenian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Armenian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Armenian on Afrikaans vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Armenian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.