Countries
Armenian Highland
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Greek
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3837
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3246
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
124
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Mhoro
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Masikati
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Mangwanani
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
bye
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
7.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
arménien
shona
German Name
Armenisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Shona people
Origin
late 5th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Shona
Language Position
14107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
sna
ISO 639 2/B
arm
sna
ISO 639 3
hye
sna
ISO 639 6
hye
sna
Glottocode
arme1241
core1255
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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