Countries
Armenian Highland
South Africa
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Greek
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Unjani
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Molo
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Ndicela
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
South Africa
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
South Africa
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
arménien
xhosa
German Name
Armenisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Armenians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
late 5th century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
xhos1239
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Armenian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Armenian and Xhosa Speaking population
Armenian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Armenian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Armenian and Xhosa Language Codes
Armenian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.