Countries
Armenian Highland
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Greek
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3832
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3217
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
123
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
hallo
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Dankie
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
goeie more
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
asseblief
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
jammer
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Totsiens
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
-
Namibia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Cape Dutch
French Name
arménien
afrikaans
German Name
Armenisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Afrikaners
Origin
late 5th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
1423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
afr
ISO 639 2/B
arm
afr
ISO 639 3
hye
afr
ISO 639 6
hye
afrs
Glottocode
arme1241
afri1274
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic