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Russian and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
38  
20
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Olonets  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
-  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Russki  

French Name
arménien  
russe  

German Name
Armenisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Russians  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
14  
13
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
rus  

ISO 639 3
hye  
rus  

ISO 639 6
hye  
rus  

Glottocode
arme1241  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Armenian and Russian Speaking population

Armenian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Armenian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Russian Language Codes

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

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