Countries
Armenian Highland
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Greek
Zulu language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3831
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3218
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
125
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Moni
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Chonde
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
pepani
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
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Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
25
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
arménien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Armenisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Chewa people
Origin
late 5th century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Chewa
Language Position
1427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
nya
ISO 639 2/B
arm
nya
ISO 639 3
hye
nya
ISO 639 6
hye
nya
Glottocode
arme1241
nyan1308
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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