Countries
Armenian Highland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Greek
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Greece
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Griko
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Italy
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
-
Ukraine
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
arménien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Armenisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
late 5th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
arme1241
gree1276
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Armenian and Greek Speaking population
Armenian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Armenian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Armenian and Greek Language Codes
Armenian and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.