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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
13
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Western Armenian   

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

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

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   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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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