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Armenian and Swahili


Swahili and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Greek  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Habari  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Asante  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
tafadhali  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
pole  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
bye  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Kiunguja  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
-  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
arménien  
swahili  

German Name
Armenisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Swahili  

Language Position
14  
13
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
swa  

ISO 639 3
hye  
swa  

ISO 639 6
hye  
swa  

Glottocode
arme1241  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Armenian and Swahili Speaking population

Armenian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Armenian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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