Countries
Armenian Highland
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Greek
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3844
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3229
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
123
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
arménien
pachto
German Name
Armenisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Pashtun
Origin
late 5th century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
pus
ISO 639 2/B
arm
pus
ISO 639 3
hye
pus
ISO 639 6
hye
pus
Glottocode
arme1241
pash1269
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional