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Armenian and Persian


Persian and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
23  
13

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
سلام  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
لطفا  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
متاسف  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
-  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
arménien  
persan  

German Name
Armenisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Persian people  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Persian  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
per  

ISO 639 3
hye  
pes  

ISO 639 6
hye  
pers  

Glottocode
arme1241  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Armenian and Persian Speaking population

Armenian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Armenian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Persian Language Codes

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

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