Countries
Armenian Highland
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Greek
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3818
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3213
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
125
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
le do thoil
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Tá brón orm
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Slán
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Connacht
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Munster
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
-
Ulster
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
arménien
irlandais moyen
German Name
Armenisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Irish people
Origin
late 5th century
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
1425
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
gle
ISO 639 2/B
arm
gle
ISO 639 3
hye
gle
ISO 639 6
hye
gle
Glottocode
arme1241
iris1253
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional