Countries
Armenian Highland
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Greek
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3821
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3219
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
126
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Bwakeye
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Urakoze
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Mwaramutse
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Ndasubiza
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
N’agasaga
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Ha
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Shubi
Where They Speak
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Tanzania
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
7.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
arménien
rundi
German Name
Armenisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
late 5th century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Kirundi
Language Position
1486
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
hy
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
run
ISO 639 2/B
arm
run
ISO 639 3
hye
run
ISO 639 6
hye
run
Glottocode
arme1241
rund1242
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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