Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Armenian Highland
National Language
China, Guangdong
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Greek
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
你好吗？
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
晚安
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
晚上好
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
早上好
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
请
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
遗憾
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
我爱你
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
原谅我
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
cantonais
arménien
German Name
Kantonesisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Armenians
Origin
17th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Armenian
ISO 639 1
No data available
hy
ISO 639 3
No data available
hye
Glottocode
cant1236
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Cantonese and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cantonese and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Armenian language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Armenian Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cantonese and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.