Countries
Armenian Highland
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Greek
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Wu
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Yue
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
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French Name
arménien
chinois
German Name
Armenisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
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Origin
late 5th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Chinese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arme1241
sini1245
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Armenian and Chinese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Chinese language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Chinese Difficulty
The Armenian vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.