Countries
Armenian Highland
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Hawaii
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Greek
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
谢谢
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
你好吗？
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
晚安
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
下午好
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
早上好
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
请
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
遗憾
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
arménien
Not Available
German Name
Armenisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Armenians
Not Available
Origin
late 5th century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
hy
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
hye
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
arm
Not Available
ISO 639 3
hye
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
cant1236
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Armenian and Cantonese 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 Armenian and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Armenian and Cantonese Speaking population
Armenian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Armenian and Cantonese on Armenian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Armenian and Cantonese Language Codes
Armenian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.