Countries
Armenian Highland
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Greek
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3862
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3260
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
126
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
амритана
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Амарахь
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
-
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Sadz
Where They Speak
-
Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
7.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
arménien
abkhaze
German Name
Armenisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Abkhaz people
Origin
late 5th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Abkhaz
Language Position
1428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
abk
ISO 639 2/B
arm
abk
ISO 639 3
hye
abk
ISO 639 6
hye
abks
Glottocode
arme1241
abkh1244
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative