Countries
Armenian Highland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Greek
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3824
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3221
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
123
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Habari
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Asante
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
tafadhali
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
pole
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
bye
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
-
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
7.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
arménien
swahili
German Name
Armenisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
late 5th century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Swahili
Language Position
1421
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
hy
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
swa
ISO 639 2/B
arm
swa
ISO 639 3
hye
swa
ISO 639 6
hye
swa
Glottocode
arme1241
swah1254
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
-