Countries
Armenian Highland
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Yemen
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Greek
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3826
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3221
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
125
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Hello
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Fadlan
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
sorry
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
-
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
arménien
somali
German Name
Armenisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Somalis
Origin
late 5th century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Somali
Language Position
1483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
som
ISO 639 2/B
arm
som
ISO 639 3
hye
som
ISO 639 6
hye
som
Glottocode
arme1241
soma1255
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
-