Countries
Armenian Highland
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Greek
Lithuanian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Sveiki
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Paldies
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Labdien
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Labrīt
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
lūdzu
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Piedodiet!
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Latvia
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Latvia
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
-
France, Latvia
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Lettish
French Name
arménien
letton
German Name
Armenisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Latvians or Letts
Origin
late 5th century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Latvian
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
arme1241
latv1249
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
54-AAB-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Armenian and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Armenian and Latvian Speaking population
Armenian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Latvian on Armenian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Armenian and Latvian Language Codes
Armenian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.