Countries
Armenian Highland
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Palau
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Greek
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3899
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3214
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
125
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Kansai
Where They Speak
-
kansai
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
231
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
日本語
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Nihongo
French Name
arménien
japonais
German Name
Armenisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
late 5th century
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Japanese
Language Position
148
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
arm
jpn
ISO 639 3
hye
jpn
ISO 639 6
hye
jpn
Glottocode
arme1241
nucl1643
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic