Countries
Armenian Highland
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Greek
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3840
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
621
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3219
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
123
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Jeju
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
South Korea
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
South Korea
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
-
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
arménien
coréen
German Name
Armenisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Koreans
Origin
late 5th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
1412
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
kor
ISO 639 2/B
arm
kor
ISO 639 3
hye
Kor
ISO 639 6
hye
kor
Glottocode
arme1241
kore1280
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative