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Chinese and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
32  
22
23  
13

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Yue  

Where They Speak
-  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
arménien  
chinois  

German Name
Armenisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Han  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
14  
13
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
chi  

ISO 639 3
hye  
zho  

ISO 639 6
hye  
zho  

Glottocode
arme1241  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Armenian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Chinese Speaking population

Armenian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Armenian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Chinese Language Codes

Armenian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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