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Arabic vs Armenian


Armenian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Greek  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
32  
22

Scripts
Arabic  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
شكرا  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
من فضلك  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
آسف  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
وداعا  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
أحبك  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
arabe  
arménien  

German Name
Arabisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Armenians  

History

Origin
512 CE  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
25  
23
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
arm  

ISO 639 3
ara  
hye  

ISO 639 6
ara  
hye  

Glottocode
arab1395  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Arabic and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Armenian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Armenian Language History.

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Arabic and Armenian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Armenian language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Armenian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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